Location: United Kingdom
Member Since:
April 18, 2011
Jill Barry
Biography
Jill Barry was born in a Welsh seaside town from which she has taken her pseudonym. When she wasn’t creating imaginary worlds with a boarding school or medieval castle backdrop, she spent happy childhood hours scrambling over rocks and gazing into pools. Later, Jill used her secretarial skills as a springboard to jobs in the hotel and leisure industry, including stints as airline receptionist and air stewardess.
After marrying, she settled in Wiltshire where she and her late husband bought a former Victorian school and ran a guesthouse. Her first writing success was a ghost story broadcast on local radio. After moving to Mid Wales in the year 2000, she applied to study for a degree in Creative Writing. This brought new friends, the chance to drink coffee in the Trinity St David’s Students’ Union plus the excuse to rent a hideaway on the Gower Peninsula while working on her dissertation.
Jill writes contemporary and historical romance novels and occasional short stories and has one psychological suspense novel, published 2016. She runs on line creative writing workshops for students at a virtual high school and enjoys giving library talks.
After marrying, she settled in Wiltshire where she and her late husband bought a former Victorian school and ran a guesthouse. Her first writing success was a ghost story broadcast on local radio. After moving to Mid Wales in the year 2000, she applied to study for a degree in Creative Writing. This brought new friends, the chance to drink coffee in the Trinity St David’s Students’ Union plus the excuse to rent a hideaway on the Gower Peninsula while working on her dissertation.
Jill writes contemporary and historical romance novels and occasional short stories and has one psychological suspense novel, published 2016. She runs on line creative writing workshops for students at a virtual high school and enjoys giving library talks.