AUTHOR OF 12 PUBLISHED BOOKS
Barbara Youree is a freelance writer who has written 12 books in 12 years and is working on number 13. She began writing following a teaching career in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Kansas. She served as a docent at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, for six years and as Contributing Editor of Potpourri, A Magazine of the Literary Arts for eight. She has written a series of Christian romances for Heartsong Presents (Click on PUBLISHED BOOKS) and six children’s books for Beacon Hill Press. Her many magazine articles have appeared in such diverse publications as Fate, True Reports of the Strange & Unknown; Miracles Magazine; Mature Living; and Spider, the Magazine for Children.
Courageous Journey, Walking the Lost Boys’ Path from the Sudan to America has just been released by New Horizon Press! It is co-authored by Ayuel Leek Deng and Beny Ngor Chol, the subjects of the true story. She met these two refugees from the civil war in Sudan when they arrived in Kansas City in 2001. While mentoring them that first year, they asked her to write their story. Seven years later the book is in hardback, endorsed by President Jimmy Carter, and on bookshelves nearly everywhere. For more information, click on Sudan Faces.
Book number 13 is on its way. Race to Glory, a YA novel, takes place in first century Greece and is about 2 young men who compete in the Olympics.
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2 responses so far ↓
Bonnie Link // April 28, 2009 at 10:55 pm |
I just finished reading Renaissance Brides. I loved it! I could not put it down for a moment. I read the whole thing in less than four days. I could not help but feel that there is more to the story. What is next for you?
sudanfaces // July 20, 2009 at 2:43 pm |
Hi Bonnie,
I wondered why comments were no longer showing up on my site. I just discovered they are going to my gmail address that I haven’t checked in months. They used to show up on my website. Thanks for your positive comment on Renaissance Brides. The romances are now being republished separately, hardback and in large print. Silent Heart and Both Sides of the Easel show up on Amazon.com. Unfortunately, the first review on Silent Heart is a bummer. If you liked that one and feel inclined, you may want to counterbalance the bad one with a complimentary one. Anyone can write a review. You don’t have to buy the large print to review it as it’s the same text. Thanks. My regular email is: byouree1@cox.net.
Barbara Youree