Tricia Barker

Tricia Barker experienced a profound near-death experience during her senior year of college at The University of Texas at Austin after a traumatic car accident. Her near-death experience story has been featured on I Survived: Beyond and Back and The Dr. Oz Show. It has also been covered in Women's World Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, and Simple Grace Magazine. Tricia’s memoir, Angels in the OR: What Dying Taught Me About Healing, Survival, and Transformation tells a story of her near-death experience, teaching mission, and eventual triumph over trauma in her past. The book also focuses on the importance being of service to the world. Tricia is a graduate of The University of Texas. She also received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Currently, she works as an English professor in Fort Worth, Texas.