About Barbara.

I’ve been writing since I was a pipsqueak. Maybe not as young as I am in that first picture, but a pipsqueak nonetheless. My first story was about a pancake. My first poem was about how much I loved television. (Give me a break. I was only eleven.) The first musical I wrote was Brown Shoes Don’t Make It. (Thank you, Frank Zappa.)

I grew up to be an author, poet, playwright, blogger, songwriter, copywriter, journalist, ghostwriter, business writer, and occasional actress. Books with my byline include Bedtime Stories: The short, long and tall tales of a sleepwriter and Too Tall Alice. Linda Dini Jenkins and I coauthored the choreopoem If I’m Talking, Why Aren’t You Listening? Rochelle Udell and I wrote her web memoir The Adventures of The Baker’s Daughter and post a blog.

My story “London Calling” appears in Memories of John Lennon, edited by Yoko Ono. I’ve been published in The Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Paterson Literary Review, Ovunque Siamo, VIA: Voices In Italian Americana, Platform Review, Italian Americana (University of Illinois Press), and other literary journals and women’s service and business publications. I’ve worked as an Associate Producer on the award-winning independent film Surviving on LES and written songs as a member of Laverne + Ralph.

I’ve found a home as a member of the Italian American Writers Association, and I’m married to the love of my life, Geoff. We live in New Jersey.