Barbara Abercrombie has published novels, children’s picture books, including the award winning Charlie Anderson, and books of non-fiction. Her personal essays have appeared in national publications as well as in many anthologies. Her most recent books are  A Year of Writing Dangerously and Kicking In the Wall published by New World Library and chosen by Poets & Writers Magazine as two of the best books for writers. (http://www.pw.org/best-books-for-writers). Her sixteenth book, The Language of Loss, an anthology of poetry and memoir, will be published by NWL in the fall of 2020.

Barbara has received the Outstanding Instructor award and the Distinguished Instructor Award at UCLA Extension where she teaches creative writing. She also teaches a monthly writing workshop at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, conducts private writing retreats in Lake Arrowhead and writes a weekly writing blog WritingTime.

She lives in Pasadena and Lake Arrowhead, California.

(Photo above: Nelson on the far right with other family dogs. Many treats were involved in the taking of this photograph.)

(Photo below taken by Robert V. Adams in Twin Bridges, Montana)