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: M. P. Barker
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M. P. Barker
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Chicopee, MA
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Website:
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http://www.mpbarker.net
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M. P. Barker is a time traveler—well, actually an archivist and historian, which amounts to the same thing. She got a firsthand taste (sometimes literally!) of nineteenth-century New England rural life when she was a costumed historical interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village. There she milked cows, mucked out barns, and found inspiration for her historical novel, A Difficult Boy. Now working as an archivist, Barker enjoys a unique opportunity to read other people's diaries and letters and look through their photo albums.
Her historical novel, A Difficult Boy (Holiday House, April 2008), is a PEN New England Children's Book Caucus Discovery Award winner. Other writing credits include exhibits, scripts for historical dramatizations, nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, fundraising materials, and planning studies.
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