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OUR AUTHORS
Our authors come from a variety of backgrounds, spanning different ages, levels of writing experience, and locations. This diversity enriches their work, bringing unique perspectives and a wealth of knowledge to the books they create.
Based in Florida, we are proud to have a strong presence of local authors from the Sunshine State. However, our community extends far beyond. Our authors come from over 20 states across the U.S. and overseas, adding a global perspective to our stable of talented writers.
​Many of the states where our authors reside, include:
New York, New Jersey, California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, and overseas: Australia, Sweden, Ireland, United Kingdom, and France.
Here is a sampling:
Ernest Brawley
A Californian who has lived all over the world, Ernest Brawley has published numerous short stories and five novels. His prison novel, THE RAP, became a feature film, FASTWALKING, His farm worker novel, SELENA, was purchased by 20th Century Fox. His Mexican novel, THE ALAMO TREE, was a Literary Guild Featured selection. His Vietnam War novel, LOVE HAS NO COUNTRY, was published in July 2021. His New York City crime thriller, STREETLIGHT, was published in January 2022. DESERT PLACES: The Amazing Story of Ruby Rose, was published in October 2022. Brawley’s new revenge novel, BLOOD MOON, was published in March 2023.
Mark Barie
Mark Barie’s novels on love and war have won high honors from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, the nationally recognized Eric Hoffer Book Awards, and the internationally
known Independent Publishers “IPPY” awards. He is an accomplished public speaker and regularly makes presentations on America’s earliest wars, to service clubs, genealogical societies, and
historical groups, throughout Florida, upstate New York, and upstate Vermont.
Dr. Molly Barrow
​Dr. Barrow earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a licensed mental health counselor and educator in private practice for twenty years. The author of Matchlines: A Revolutionary New Way of Looking at Relationships and Making the Right Choices in Love, Dr. Barrow is a well known relationship expert helping individuals, couples, families and businesses improve their relationships and communication skills. Her commentary and advice column, Shrink About This, quotes, and articles are enjoyed by millions of people worldwide in O Magazine, Psychology Today, AIA, GOP Forum, ivillage, Lavalife, MSN.com, Match.com, and Women’s Health.
William Gralnick
Bill Gralnick has been writing ever since his mother said, “'Little Pishers' should be seen not heard.” As a teen, he wrote over one hundred love letters to his girlfriend. As an adult he has written almost nine hundred op-ed pieces for newspapers around the country—four have appeared in USA Today. The author has written five books. There are three more in the hopper.
Rebecca J. Johnston
Rebecca Johnston graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelors in English and Modern European History in 2015, and in 2017 she graduated with her Masters in English from the University of Texas at Tyler. Currently Rebecca is pursuing a doctoral degree from the University of Exeter while also serving as the Vice President of the Florida Hemingway Society. She has had academic articles published both nationally and internationally, and she has received research grants from the Hemingway Society and the JFK Library in Boston. Rebecca is an English Professor at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida.
Jeff Snook
JEFF SNOOK, of Ashland, Ohio, is a 1982 graduate of The Ohio State University School of
Journalism. He resides in Atlantis, Florida, and Mifflin, Ohio. He is the youngest of three children of
the late William E. Snook and Ferne D. Snook. This is his 16th book.
Ouida D.W.
Author, Ouida D.W. is a playwright, freelance writer, and English Professor. She has a background
in theatre, and her original plays have been performed throughout South Florida, some winning awards by the Florida Thespian Society. Her journalism work has been published in many newspapers and online news media. Her goal is to write words that stir the heart, mind, and soul.
Jim Belson
Born and raised in rural Idaho, Jim Belson has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Southern California where he pioneered a unique program in cultural studies. Director of the famed Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities for a number of years, Belson later wrote and produced the Emmy Award-winning documentary about an Oakland street gang, “Children of Violence,” along with numerous other short documentary and educational films. The
Odyssey of Zalaman Aszer is his first novel.
George Wallace Jr.
George Wallace Jr. was born in Eufaula, Alabama, on October 17, 1951. He and his band traveled with Hank Williams Jr. before obtaining a BA Degree in history from Huntingdon College in 1976. He continued his education with graduate work in Political Science and Public Administration at Auburn University in Montgomery. George Jr. served two terms as Treasurer of the State of
Alabama as well as two terms as Public Service Commissioner.
Noreen Anne Roche
Born and raised in County Waterford, Ireland, Noreen Anne Roche, settled in England aged nineteen and completed her studies in pediatrics and general nursing. She then worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in London on the infectious diseases ward, and in Jersey, Channel Islands, as an operating theatre nurse. In 1981, she became a flight attendant for the Royal Jordanian Airline based in Amman, Jordan. Noreen met and married her soulmate in 1985 and settled in America.
They have three grown children. She and her husband, Ross, co-founded Skillets Restaurants in 1995. There are now numerous locations throughout Southwest Florida. Love for her native land of Ireland, takes Noreen home every summer.
Joseph C. Polacco
Joe Polacco was born and raised in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood, though he has been a citizen of Missouri most of his adult life. He lives in Columbia, Missouri, and is Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the University of Missouri. After years of producing limericks and jokingly being called “Poet Laureate of Biochemistry,” he decided to write a more serious memoir, Vina, upon the passing of his mother. This is his fourth non-science book.
Bailey McManus
Over the last eight years, Bailey McManus has kept in touch with over 200 men in prison. Sincerely, Your Friend: Letters From My Incarcerated Pen Pals gives readers a window into the hearts and lives of people incarcerated across the United States. Both personal account and research are combined to provide a brief study on our nation’s justice system and the people most affected
by it. This collection is rich with despair, suffering, shocking gratitude, and great hope.
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Nicholas G. Penniman IV
Nicholas G. Penniman IV retired in 1999 as publisher ofthe St. Louis Post-Dispatch and as senior VP of newspaper operations for Pulitzer Publishing Company.
A 1960 graduate of Princeton University, he did graduate work at both the Wharton Graduate School and Washington University St. Louis. Penniman is currently chair emeritus of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, a trustee emeritus of the Everglades Foundation, past chair of American Rivers and chair emeritus of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
Stephen Wechselblatt
Stephen Wechselblatt received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa and proceeded waste the next thirty years doing things that didn’t interest him. He finally had the sense to retire to the mountains of North Carolina. Once settled in a welcoming, creative community, he began writing fiction. His book of short stories, Diamonds and Moths was
published in 2017. Worse than Murder is his first novel.
Eve Marie
Eve enjoys writing and has several published poems and short stories. Her background is in teaching, having taught English/ESOL on three continents at all grade levels. She is currently teaching English/Composition at the collegiate level. She enjoys reading and gardening but also finds time to bake, having owned a bakery for several years. She currently lives in Tampa, Florida, with her husband and Pug.
Peter Clothier
With vivid memories of WWII England, Peter Clothier experienced a privileged boarding school and Cambridge University education before coming to the US in 1964. After four years as a poet at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop and a doctorate in comparative literature, he set out on an academic career at USC, then as Dean at Otis Art Institute and Loyola Marymount University. He quitacademia nearly forty years ago to write. He is a full time author of poetry, novels, and
several essay collections, as well as a monograph on British artist, David Hockney.
Angela Page
Angela Page is a writer, producer and author of Matched in
Heaven and Suddenly Single Sylvia. She is based in South
Florida and Los Angeles.
Mia Altieri
Mia is a Los Angeles based actress, author, and voice over artist. She lived in a Topanga Canyon guesthouse where she witnessed an urn buried in the yard and agreed to manage the mourners.
"I also am grateful to Jeff Schlesinger and the rest of the team at Barringer Publishing for taking a chance on a middle-aged first-time author who likes to write about delusional rage. Jeff and his team have been a dream fit for this first-time author, and Jeff responded quickly and thoughtfully to all my questions and ideas. Their sensitivity to the subject matter and my eccentricities have made this book as good as it can be."
- Author Rob Rogers
"Jeff Schlesinger of Barringer Publishers provided support and guidance throughout the process of putting the manuscript into publishable form."
- Stanley Witkin