Brunonia Barry

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 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

Awards
  • 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]

References
  1. "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2011. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  2. "BEA 2016: Brunonia Barry: Salem Still Has Witches". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  3. The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
  4. Reines, Mary. "Local authors share their books, inspirations and writing tips at Marblehead Arts Association". Marblehead Reporter. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  5. Blake, Mary. "The Book Inside You: How Do You Start?". Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  6. "Self-Published 'Lace Reader' Began As a Dream". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  7. "Local Writers Create Play For Schools Using True Stories Of Teens Struggling With Addiction". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  8. "Brunonia Barry | The Huffington Post". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
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