Kathleen Barber

This article is about the novelist. For the political scientist, see Kathleen L. Barber.
Kathleen Barber
BornGalesburg, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • lawyer
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (JD)
Notable worksAre You Sleeping (2017)
Follow Me (2020)
Website
kathleenbarber.com

Kathleen Barber is an American writer and non-practicing lawyer.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5][6]

Barber was raised in Galesburg, Illinois.[1][7][8] She earned a Bachelor's degree at University of Illinois, where she was initiated into Alpha Gamma Delta,[9] and her J.D. at the Northwestern University School of Law.[3] 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.[1]

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.[3] 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.[10]

The Galesburg Register-Mail reported Barber's upcoming followup novel, Follow Me, will also be a mystery, revolving around social media.[8] It is scheduled to be published on February 25, 2020.[11]

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