Carrie Russell is the author of the novel Drowning Cactus.Carrie studied literature and writing at Columbia and Oxford. She also has a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She has worked ...view moreCarrie Russell is the author of the novel Drowning Cactus.Carrie studied literature and writing at Columbia and Oxford. She also has a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She has worked at a number of nonprofit environmental organizations and still practices law when she can't resist a cause.She is at work on her next novel.view less