Barbara Quinn

My latest novel isThe Summer Springsteen's Songs Saved Me, an uplifting, novel about loss, love, and second chances with a musical theme centered on the songs of Springsteen. I'm the author of four other novels: 36C, Slings and Arrows, Hard Head, and The Speed of Dark. My short stories have won awards from Writer's Digest and the National Writers Club, and have appeared in print and online.

I practiced law for ten years, was a Features Editor for Strictly Scarsdale and a reporter for The Scarsdale Inquirer. I am a Founder of the award-winning Rose & Thorn Literary E-Zine which was named one of Writer's Digest's top five 'Internet Envy' fiction publications and one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers. I love to travel and also love spending time on the shore at Bradley Beach and on Anna Maria Island.

Recent reviews of The Summer Springsteen’s Songs Saved Me:

"...a true tapestry of music, emotions and relationships -- rich in details. Travel to Bradley Beach, listen to Springsteen’s music and experience the ripple effect of deceit that leads to discovery, perseverance and hope!"

"By showing how Sofia sees her life as a complex continuity which stays true to itself, the author gives us something not often seen: a fully-formed character."

"...an uplifting fun book to read about a woman who finally decides to live her life the way she wants to and find happiness in her future. You'll laugh and you might even shed a few tears while you read about Sofia and her friends."

Here are the author blurbs on the back cover of The Speed of Dark:

Barbara Quinn's novel The Speed of Dark is a fascinating and imaginative story, blending the real with the fantastic, giving us characters we can know and root for. Her writing is wise and magical, filled with wit, passion and honesty. -Noel Hynd, author of Ghosts and Cemetery of Angels

I'm always on the lookout for a good new author and Barbara Quinn fits that description to a "T." I loved The Speed of Dark, from the wonderfully realized setting to the characters and their complicated, but timeless, relationships with each other. Quinn has also done a terrific job in bringing to life what it was like growing up in the early part of the sixties. I was a teenager at that time and a lot of what she writes about is eerily familiar-either from my own life, or the people I knew at the time.-Charles de Lint, author of Someplace to be Flying, Forests of the Heart,Seven Wild Sisters, The Onion Girl

By turns lyrical and grittily realistic, The Speed of Dark brings its own vision to the Stephen King territory of small town life in the sixties. In a novel rich with period detail, Barbara Quinn effectively captures the sense of the numinous that pervades everyday life.-Eileen Kernaghan, author of The Snow Queen, Songs from the Drowned Lands, and The Sarsen Witch