Barbara Briggs Ward grew up in the country surrounded by relatives and a backdrop made for inspiring a young imagination. Barbara and her cousins were constantly playing in their chicken coop clubhouse filled with the remains of an abandoned one-room schoolhouse. It was in that clubhouse where Barbara read her favorite authors including Louisa May Alcott and Laura Ingalls Wilder - and began writing her own little stories. When her grandfather made her "most favorite Christmas present ever" - a simple pine desk with a single drawer which held a pad of lined paper and a #2 pencil - Barbara knew she wanted to be a writer.
Barbara began writing for children, having been published in Highlights for Children and www.storiesforchildrenmagazine.org. She is the author/illustrator of the Snarly Sally picture book series.
Barbara's writing took a turn when in October, 2011, she published "The Reindeer Keeper" - a heartwarming story of Family & Christmas honored as a Mom's Choice Awards Gold Recipient in Adult Fiction, May 2011.
In December, 2011 Barbara's ekindle book, "Over Coffee", was published by Astraea Press. Her short story, Sleigh Bells Ring Again", was included in "Christmas Warmth" an ekindle anthology of Christmas stories.
Barbara's story, In Anticipation of Doll Beds" was published in the Chicken Soup for the Soul book, "Christmas Magic" October, 2010. In March, 2012 her short story, "A Brown Boy of Our Own" will be included in the Chicken Soup for the Soul book, Family Caregivers."
