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Barri L. Bumgarner
Female
Columbia, MO
United States
Profile Information:
- Hometown:
- Columbia, MO
- About Me:
- Missouri native, Barri L. Bumgarner, is an award-winning author and speaker. In addition to publishing more than 50 articles and 30 poems, her fourth novel, Playing the Line is set to release soon. Playing the Line is the much-anticipated prequel to her first novel, 8 Days. Jim Bohannon, nationwide radio host for Westwood One Radio, regarding her novel Slipping, said, “This serial killer drama makes for a taut read from a rising star of the thriller. Remember the name: Barri Bumgarner.” Police officer consultant Jessie Pitman wrote, “Bumgarner has captured the essence of what it’s like being a female cop. I can’t vouch for the killer, but she sure made me believe!”
Barri’s first young adult novel, Dregs, took second place for the 2008 Walter Williams Major Work Award. Dregs tackles the tough issues of bullies, steroids, and what it takes to push a teenager to bring a gun to school. The book has already received attention from other notable award committees, including the American Library Association and the Gateway Readers Award.
Barri’s current project is her first true crime work, Shades of Gray: The Steven Rios Story, the headline-grabbing tale of a police officer convicted of killing his lover. Barri has obtained exclusive interviews with officer Rios and hopes to finish the work in 2009, assuming there isn't another retrial.
Visit Barri online at her website or at MySpace. - I Am A:
- Writer
- Website:
- http://www.barrilbumgarner.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Harlan Coben, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, Richard North Patterson, Philip Margolin, Thomas Harris, Greg Isles, and Tami Hoag, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Truman Capote, Barbara Kingsolver, Ayn Rand, JK Rowling, Jodi Picoult, Sue Monk Kidd, Jane Smiley, Billie Letts, Pat Conroy, Prince of Tides, Beach Music, In Cold Blood, Silence of the Lambs, Gone But Not Forgotten, Along Came a Spider, the Odd Thomas series, The Stand, Grapes of Wrath, Rebecca, Atlas Shrugged, We Were the Mulvaney's, Secret Life of Bees
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- Stranger Than Fiction, Atonement, No Country For Old Men, Crash, Capote, Juno, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Star Wars (5 of the 6), Independence Day, (and all those great apocalyptic thrillers…), Lethal Weapon and Die Hard series (favorites!!), Pursuit of Happyness, Gone With the Wind, Psycho, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, Places in the Heart, On Golden Pond, Dead Poet's Society
L.J. Sellers
Congratulations on all your publishing success!
Aug 25, 2008
Peery
Dec 9, 2008
Preetham Grandhi
Best regards
Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
Jul 4, 2009