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Kathleen Barber is an American writer and non-practicing lawyer. Television rights to her 2017 debut novel Are You Sleeping were sold to Hello Sunshine, and a series called "Truth Be Told", based on the book, was produced for Apple TV+ and debuted in December 2019. Barber was raised in Galesburg, Illinois. She earned a Bachelor's degree at University of Illinois, where she was initiated into Alpha Gamma Delta, and her J.D. at the Northwestern University School of Law. She worked for a number of years as an attorney in firms in Chicago and New York, where she focused her practice on bankruptcy law. Barber describes how she had been writing, as a hobby, for years, but the decision she and her husband made to quit their jobs, and travel around the world, triggered her completion of Are You Sleeping. Barber said that she was inspired by the Serial podcast. Her novel focuses around a podcast host, whose investigations turns up evidence of a wrongful conviction. The Galesburg Register-Mail reported Barber's upcoming followup novel, Follow Me, will also be a mystery, revolving around social media. It is scheduled to be published on February 25, 2020. References. Discover the Kathleen Barber popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Kathleen Barber books.
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The Long Way Back
Nicole BaartWhen an Instagramfamous teenager mysteriously disappears, her mother grapples with the revelation of dark secrets in this twisty, atmospheric thrillerfrom the author of the “poigna...
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Truth Be Told
Kathleen BarberNow a major Apple TV+ series starring Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paulproduced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine!Serial meets Ruth Ware’s In A Dark, Dark Wood in this inventive a...
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The Winter Sister
Megan CollinsA “haunting debut: suspenseful, atmospheric, and completely riveting” (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls) about a young woman who returns ho...
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Miss Misery
Andy GreenwaldOnce I started, I couldn't stop. It felt like falling down the stairs.... Meet David Gould: abandoned by his girlfriend, pushing the deadline for his first book, tormented by write...