Emily Barr

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Emily Barr is a British travel writer and novelist, author of novels such as Cuban Heels, Baggage, The Life You Want and, most recently The Perfect Lie.

Barr studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute, winning the Guardian Student Journalist of the Year award in 1994. Barr became briefly notorious in the same year, while working as a researcher at the House of Commons, for her affair with the British MP Hartley Booth, which led to his resignation. [1]

She has written travel columns for The Guardian and The Observer. [2]

She lives in Cornwall with her husband and has three children. [3]

Bibliography

  • Backpack (2001)
  • Baggage (2002)
  • Cuban Heels (2003) (also known as Cuba)
  • Atlantic Shift (2004) (also known as Solo)
  • Plan B (2005)
  • Out of My Depth (2006)
  • The Sisterhood (2008)
  • The Life You Want (2009)
  • The Perfect Lie (2010)
  • The First Wife (2011)
  • Stranded (2012)

References

  1. ↑ Independent newspaper , 1994-02-14
  2. ↑ Bookreporter.com Emily Barr biography, 2002
  3. ↑ Barr, Emily , Personal blog, 2010-04-10

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