Brunonia Barry
Brunonia Barry | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
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| Genre | Novels set in Salem |
Brunonia Barry (born 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
[edit]Born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1950, Sandra Brunonia Barry grew up in neighboring Marblehead[4] She 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 screenwriter, she turned to computers, working for several years in the sales and marketing division of Lotus Development Corp.[5] In 2006, after writing it for six years, she and Ward self-published The Lace Reader, which utilized Ipswich lace as a plot device. Eventually the rights were sold to William Morrow for over 2 million dollars.[1][6] Her second book, The Map of True Places, was published in 2010.[1] She currently lives in Salem, Massachusetts.[5]
In 2017 she worked with the North Shore YMCA to co-write a play about opioid use in the region.[7]
Selected bibliography
[edit]- The Lace Reader, William Morrow, 2006
- The Map of True Places, William Morrow, 2010
- The Fifth Petal, Crown, 2017
Awards
[edit]- The International Women's Fiction Festival's Baccante Award[8]
- Ragdale Artists' Colony's Strnad Fellowship[8]
- New England Book Festival's award for Best Fiction[8]
- Amazon's Best of the Month[8]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Reines, Mary. "Local authors share their books, inspirations and writing tips at Marblehead Arts Association". Marblehead Reporter. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Local Writers Create Play For Schools Using True Stories Of Teens Struggling With Addiction". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ a b c d "Brunonia Barry | The Huffington Post". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
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- Living people
- 1950 births
- American women novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
- Green Mountain College alumni
- University of New Hampshire alumni
- Writers from Salem, Massachusetts
- Novelists from Massachusetts
- American fantasy writers
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 21st-century American novelists