Andrea Barrett

Andrea Barrett was born in Boston, MA in 1954 and grew up on Cape Cod. She studied biology at Union College, in Schenectady, NY and started writing fiction in her twenties, after several brief stints in graduate school. She lived in Rochester, NY for many years, then in western Massachusetts, where she taught at Williams College. She and her husband, photographer Barry Goldstein, now live in the eastern Adirondacks. She's the author of six novels, most recently THE AIR WE BREATHE, and four collections of stories: SHIP FEVER, which received the 1996 National Book Award, SERVANTS OF THE MAP, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, ARCHANGEL, a finalist for The Story Prize, and, most recently NATURAL HISTORY. Visit her official website at www.andrea-barrett.com.