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Barbara Haworth-Attard is a native of Elmira, Ontario, presently residing in London, Ontario with her family. June 1995 saw the publication of her first junior novel, Dark of the Moon. Since then she has written twelve novels in the historical fiction, fantasy and contemporary genres for middle-grade and young adult readers. Her thirteenth book, "Forget-Me-Not" a sequel to "Love-Lies-Bleeding" has been out since this Fall 2005 from HarperCollins Canada. Henry Holt and Company released  the US edition of "Theories of Relativity" in 2006. This book has also been sold to Editions Thierry Magnier of France. Barbara also writes short stories, her most recent being in the Red Deer Press 2005 anthology The Horrors.

Barbara is represented by Scott Treimel, NY, (212) 505-8353

Where Do I Live?
I live in London, Ontario, Canada. (Between Lake Huron and Lake Erie - I love the beach!)

Who Lives In My House?
In my house there lives myself and my husband, Joe. My sons Jason and Jesse, are both married to wonderful young women, Bree and Lisa respectively. Both my sons graduated from the Computer Sciences program at Waterloo and both work for game designing companies. I’m so proud of them. Isn’t it funny how you start out as two people who get married, then it becomes four, then six and then, well, who knows! Also living in harmony with us are various critters: birds, living in the vents and attic, a family of skunks beneath the front porch and two rabbits who live beneath my clematis bush. Our favourite "child" is our cat, Hubert. Hubert fetches the Saturday morning newspaper for us, but hides it! He likes to drag around BIG stuff, like sandals, newspapers, his bag of treats, huge balls of yarn, and we have trained him to go into women’s purses and steal their valuables. Any woman who comes to visit us must hold on tight to their purse. And I must not forget the ladybugs that share our bathroom all year round. We can't figure out where they come from or what they eat to keep alive. There's not much food in our bathroom.

My Favourite Things to Do:
Next to writing and reading - I'll read anything, even the side of cereal boxes, (have learned lots about fat content and preservatives this way) I love to quilt. I love the texture and colour of material and if I'm having a bad day, I pull out all my material - and I have lots - and I sort it and stroke it and surround myself with colour and I soon feel better. I take great joy in cutting up material and sewing it back together again, watching a bed quilt or wall hanging being born beneath my fingers. To view my Quilt Gallery click here.

I also like taking walks in a park near our house, chocolate candy, cake, fudge, cookies, ice cream, playing tennis, playing with my friends (yes even adults play) and being with my family. I like gloomy days when the fog makes everything spooky and bright sunny days that make my heart sing. I like Hallowe'en especially when the clouds race across the orange harvest moon and shivers race up and down my spine.

My Favourite Books:
This is a hard one - I love so many books. I like fantasy and mystery and history. You know what - I can't decide. I will tell you that Canada has many wonderful writers and anything you read by a Canadian writer will be good. And writing doesn't stop at the border. Books have no boundaries. Read anything that interests you - you won't find a better friend than a good book.

What I Don't Like:

  • Liver for supper (or lunch or any meal).
  • Christmas decorations up in stores in September!
  • People who are not tolerant.

If You Have a Question for Me:
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List of Books:
Dark of the Moon ] The Three Wishbells ] Truth Singer ] Home Child ] Buried Treasure ] WyndMagic ] Love-Lies-Bleeding ] Flying Geese ] Irish Chain ] Trail of Broken Dreams ] Theories of Relativity ] Forget-Me-Not ] Acne, Boobs and Condoms ]

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