Carol Cash Large is a retired educator and author of Blake Shelton: Happy Anywhere. While it is her first nonfiction book, it was over thirty years in the making. As a close friend of Blake Shelton, Carol has been an integral part of his life, both personally and professionally, since he was a preteen in Oklahoma.

Carol holds MS and BS degrees in education and is a certified reading specialist. She taught reading for many years in Oklahoma and Tennessee.