┬аJoan Carroll Cruz is a native of New Orleans and is the educational product of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She attended grade school, high school and college under their tutelage. Mrs. Cruz has been a tertiary in the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order (Third Order) since 1968; for eight years she served as Mistress of Formation (Novice Mistress).┬а
For her non-fiction books, Joan Carroll Cruz depended heavily on information received from foreign shrines, churches, convents and monasteries. Her books include┬аThe Incorruptibles, published in 1977;┬аDesires of Thy Heart, a strongly Catholic-themed novel, also in 1977;┬аRelics, published in 1983;┬аEucharistic Miracles┬аin 1987;┬аSecular Saints┬аin 1989;Prayers and Heavenly Promises┬аin 1990;┬аMiraculous Images of Our Lady┬аin 1993;┬аMiraculous Images of Our Lord┬аin 1995;┬аMysteries, Marvels, Miracles: In the Lives of the Saints┬аin 1997;┬аAngels & Devils┬аin 1999; and┬аSaints for the Sick┬аin 2010.