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Kathleen Barber
Kathleen Barber is an American writer and non-practicing lawyer. Television rights to her 2017 debut novel ''Are You Sleeping'' were sold to Hello Sunshine, and a series called "Truth Be Told", based on the book, was produced for ''Apple TV+'' and debuted in December 2019. Barber was raised in Galesburg, Illinois. She earned a Bachelor's degree at University of Illinois, where she was initiated into Alpha Gamma Delta, and her J.D. at the Northwestern University School of Law. She worked for a number of years as an attorney in firms in Chicago and New York, where she focused her practice on bankruptcy law. Barber describes how she had been writing, as a hobby, for years, but the decision she and her husband made to quit their jobs, and travel around the world, triggered her completion of ''Are You Sleeping''. Barber said that she was inspired by the Serial podcast. Her novel focuses around a podcast host, whose investigations turns up evidence of a wrongful conviction. The '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is northwest of Peoria. At the 2010 census, its population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County and the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Knox and Warren counties. Galesburg is home to Knox College, a private four-year liberal arts college, and Carl Sandburg College, a two-year community college. A section of the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Galesburg Historic District. History Galesburg was founded by George Washington Gale, a Presbyterian minister from New York state who had formulated the concept of the manual labor college and first implemented it at the Oneida Institute near Utica, New York. In 1836 Gale publicized a subscription- and land purchase-based plan to found manual labor colleges in the Mississippi River valley. Land was purchased for this purpose in Knox County and in 1837 the first s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
