Carol Zardetto (born 1959, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan novelist, lawyer, scriptwriter and diplomat, and is part of the generation of Guatemalan writers who grew up under the shadow of Guatemalan Civil War.
She was born in Guatemala City, and has a degree in law. She was co-author of the theatre criticism column "Butaca de dos" (Seat for two; "Magazine XX", Siglo Veintiuno, 1994-1996). She published the novel "Con pasión absoluta" (With absolute passion) in 2007; it was awarded the Mario Monteforte Toledo prize in 2004.
Zardetto has been a columnist for El Periódico since 2007.
She was Guatemala's deputy minister of education in 1996, and from 1997 to 2000 she was consul general of Guatemala in Vancouver, Canada.,
With absolute passion, novel, F & G Editores, Guatemala, 2005,
The discourse of the madman: tales of the Tarot, illustrated edition, F & G, Guatemala, 2009.
The city of the minotaurs, novel, Alfaguara, 2016.