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Born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1950, Barry went to [[Green Mountain College]] in Vermont and to the [[University of New Hampshire]].<ref name=":0" /> After years of trying to |
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1950, Sandra Brunonia Barry went to [[Green Mountain College]] in Vermont and to the [[University of New Hampshire]].<ref name=":0" /> After a few years of trying to live on option money as a [[screenwriting|screen writer]], she turned to computers, working for several years in the sales and marketing division of Lotus Development Corp. <ref name=":2">{{Cite web| url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/03/29/the-book-inside-you-mary-blake-wbz-radio-brunonia-barry-william-martin/| title=The Book Inside You: How Do You Start?| last=Blake| first=Mary| access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> In 2006, after writing it for six years, she and Ward self-published ''The Lace Reader''. Eventually the rights were sold to [[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]] for over 2 million dollars.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92934202| title=Self-Published 'Lace Reader' Began As a Dream| work=NPR.org| access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> Her second book, ''The Map of True Places'', was published in 2010.<ref name=":0" /> She currently lives in Salem, Massachusetts.<ref name=":2" /> |
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== Selected bibliography == |
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Revision as of 00:28, 16 October 2017
Brunonia Barry (1950 in Salem, Massachusetts) is the author of The Lace Reader and The map of true places.[1] Her third novel, The Fifth Petal: a novel, was published on January 24, 2017.[2][3] Barry, with husband Gary Ward, founded SmartGames, a game and puzzle software company.[1]
Biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1950, Sandra Brunonia Barry went to Green Mountain College in Vermont and to the University of New Hampshire.[1] After a few years of trying to live on option money as a screen writer, she turned to computers, working for several years in the sales and marketing division of Lotus Development Corp. [4] In 2006, after writing it for six years, she and Ward self-published The Lace Reader. Eventually the rights were sold to William Morrow for over 2 million dollars.[1][5] Her second book, The Map of True Places, was published in 2010.[1] She currently lives in Salem, Massachusetts.[4]
Selected bibliography
- The Lace Reader, William Morrow, 2006
- The map of true places, William Morrow, 2010
- The Fifth Petal: a novel, Crown, 2017
Awards
- The International Women's Fiction Festival's Baccante Award[6]
- Ragdale Artists' Colony's Strnad Fellowship[6]
- New England Book Festival's award for Best Fiction[6]
- Amazon's Best of the Month[6]
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2011. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
- ^ "BEA 2016: Brunonia Barry: Salem Still Has Witches". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
- ^ The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
- ^ a b Blake, Mary. "The Book Inside You: How Do You Start?". Retrieved 2017-01-03.
- ^ "Self-Published 'Lace Reader' Began As a Dream". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
- ^ a b c d "Brunonia Barry | The Huffington Post". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.