Children's Book Author Barbara Kerley
Biography
Barbara Kerley grew up in Virginia, the youngest of three children. As a kid she loved to play soccer, ice skate, read historical fiction, and help her mom in the kitchen. In high school, she spent hours working with theater groups and also shared her dad's fascination with history and current events.
After college, she joined the Peace Corps, teaching in Nepal. There, she met her future husband, Scott. Barbara and Scott moved to Seattle, where Barbara worked as a baker while going to graduate school. Later, she and Scott moved to Guam, where Barbara taught English, learned to SCUBA dive, and had a baby. The family left Guam and moved to Eureka, California, when their daughter Anna was eight months old.
Barbara, Scott, and Anna now live in McKinleyville, California, where Barbara writes full time and serves on the local school board and the Friends of the Library committee. When she isn't writing, she is usually reading, hiking, practicing the banjo, cooking, watching movies, canoeing, or feeding her very fat cat.
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After college, she joined the Peace Corps, teaching in Nepal. There, she met her future husband, Scott. Barbara and Scott moved to Seattle, where Barbara worked as a baker while going to graduate school. Later, she and Scott moved to Guam, where Barbara taught English, learned to SCUBA dive, and had a baby. The family left Guam and moved to Eureka, California, when their daughter Anna was eight months old.
Barbara, Scott, and Anna now live in McKinleyville, California, where Barbara writes full time and serves on the local school board and the Friends of the Library committee. When she isn't writing, she is usually reading, hiking, practicing the banjo, cooking, watching movies, canoeing, or feeding her very fat cat.
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