After completing part of her undergraduate studies at the University of London, Barbara returned home and began a career in banking. But the late 80’s weren’t too promising for the financial industry, and every bank that hired Barbara soon folded. So she searched for a stable occupation, and the local police department offered the answer to her prayers.

Initially, Barbara wasn’t too sure about her new chosen career, but she soon came to love being a police officer. However, on an uncharacteristically cold and icy day in December 1998, Barbara was struck by a car and pinned against a guard rail while working an accident on a major highway. Permanently disabled, she retired from the police department and devoted her time and energy to physical therapy.

Once Barbara got back on her feet, she focused on a new career in academia. She earned an MA in English and continued on a course of study for a Doctorate in Literature and Rhetoric. Ever the overachiever, she also started writing historical fiction in her spare time and completed five full-length novels featuring her fictional knighthood, the Brethren of the Coast.

Currently, Barbara is a second-year PhD candidate and teaches first-year composition at a major university. She lives with her firefighter husband in Texas and is working on a fictional account of the Mexican Revolution.