Brad Barkley, a native of North Carolina, is the author of the novel Money, Love (Norton), a Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection and a "BookSense 76" choice. Money, Love was named one of the best books of 2000 by the Washington Post and the Library Journal. Brad was named one of the “Breakthrough Writers You Need To Know” by Book Magazine. His novel Alison's Automotive Repair Manual (St. Martin’s) was also a "BookSense 76" selection. He has published two collections of short stories, Circle View (SMU Press) and Another Perfect Catastrophe (St. Martin’s). His short fiction has appeared in nearly 40 magazines, including Southern Review, Georgia Review, the Oxford American, Glimmer Train, Book Magazine, and the Virginia Quarterly Review, which twice awarded him the Emily Balch Prize for Best Fiction. His work was anthologized in New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2002. His first YA novel, Scrambled Eggs At Midnight, was published by Penguin/Dutton and was a summer 2006 “Booksense 76” choice. His second YA novel, Dream Factory, published in the spring of 2007, was also a “BookSense 76” selection, a Library Guild “Book of the Month” pick, and was voted the Texas Institute of Arts and Letters “Best Young Adult Book” for 2007. Jars of Glass was published by Penguin/Dutton in 2009. Brad has won four Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His latest novel, The Reel Life of Zara Kegg, is forthcoming from Regal House. He lives with his wife, Kristin, in Western Maryland.
