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Barbara Dee

Barbara Dee
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Barbara Dee

Barbara Dee is the author of the tween novels Just Another Day in my Insanely Real Life, Solving Zoe (2010 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year), This Is Me From Now On, and Trauma Queen. She lives with her family in Westchester County, New... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. You don't have to figure it all out at once.
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My life in 8 words: "Write. Read. Revise. Play with cat. Delete. Write."
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Barbara Dee focuses on the Mother-Daughter Relationship
Apr 21, 2011
Trauma Queen will be released on April 19, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 19, 2011
Trauma Queen is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 19, 2011
Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life will be released on April 19, 2011 in eBook
Apr 19, 2011
Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life is now available in eBook
Apr 19, 2011
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Apr 02, 2011
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Jul 25, 2010
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Solving Zoe has won an award
May 06, 2010
This Is Me From Now On will be released on April 27, 2010 in Trade Paperback, eBook
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Barbara Dee Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. You don't have to figure it all out at once. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair. She's a sympathetic villain, kind of how Elizabeth Bennet is an imperfect heroine. I like characters who are somewhere in the middle. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. There’s a huge, noisy diner near my house that my whole family loves. Every time we go there I order the same meal: a big green salad and a thick, spicy seafood soup full of mussels, clams, shrimp, scallops and other chewy creatures I don’t want to think too hard about. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s my favorite meal—especially when I’m also able to sneak a few sips of my kids’ vanilla milkshakes. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. A cat. They have an unlimited capacity to entertain themselves, and they never have insomnia. Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. Raising three terrific kids. Learn more about Barbara Dee

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Date Set for First Annual Chappaqua Children's Book Fair
Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch, April 19, 2013
...facebook.com/chappaquachildrensbookfestival . A few of the more than 50 authors who’ve committed to participating in October include:   Barbara Dee, Chappaqua resident and ‘tween author of Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life,...
Today: Chappaqua Book Festival's Fundraiser
Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch, April 4, 2013
...Oct. 6 at Robert E. Bell Middle School. Some of the authors will be at the fundraiser, including Barbara Dee, Jean Van Leeuwen, Matt Van Fleet and Mara Van Fleet.  Dawn Greenberg, who is the owner of nearby shop Aurora FT, helped organize the new...
Charlotte Ann Fife
Lebanon Reporter, January 15, 2013
...Lynch of Seagoville, Texas, and Judith (James) Hall of Frankfort; two sisters, Shirley (Max) Thomas of Frankfort and Barbara (Dee) Lewis of Morehead City, N.C.; and 22 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Charlotte was...
Collingswood Book Festival Lineup
Haddonfield Patch, October 5, 2012
...To Stir, Inform and Inflame Panel Discussion: Reaching Out to Young Adult Readers Ellen Jensen Abbott Charlotte Bennardo Barbara Dee Elisa Ludwig Aaron Starmer Marcie Aboff - Healthy Eating; First Facts; Data Mania James Mascia - Paris...
Mamaroneck Author to Read From New Book At Children's Book Day
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Patch, September 10, 2012
...part in the program:  Bedford Hills: Katie Davis, Jerry Davis Chappaqua: Matt Van Fleet, Jean Van Leeuwen, Barbara Dee, Mara Van Fleet Cortlandt Manor: Mayma Raphael, Helen Pashley Croton: Gloria Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney Goldens Bridge: Nora...
Ossining Author at Children’s Book Day
Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch, September 8, 2012
...part in the program:  Bedford Hills: Katie Davis, Jerry Davis Chappaqua: Matt Van Fleet, Jean Van Leeuwen, Barbara Dee, Mara Van Fleet Cortlandt Manor: Mayma Raphael, Helen Pashley Croton: Gloria Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney Goldens Bridge: Nora...
Celebrate Children’s Book Day Sept. 15
Tarrytown Patch, September 7, 2012
...part in the program:  Bedford Hills: Katie Davis, Jerry Davis Chappaqua: Matt Van Fleet, Jean Van Leeuwen, Barbara Dee, Mara Van Fleet Cortlandt Manor: Mayma Raphael, Helen Pashley Croton: Gloria Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney Goldens Bridge: Nora...
Charlotte Ann Fife
Lebanon Reporter, January 15, 2013
...Lynch of Seagoville, Texas, and Judith (James) Hall of Frankfort; two sisters, Shirley (Max) Thomas of Frankfort and Barbara (Dee) Lewis of Morehead City, N.C.; and 22 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Charlotte was...
Infamy, remembered
Holland Sentinel, December 7, 2012
...hours before people in West Michigan realized the attack's significance, said Holland residents Bob Snow, 88, and Barbara Dee FolensbeeTimmer, 90. Frank Verano, who left Holland for the U.S. Navy a year earlier, was in the thick of it. Verano, like...
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia “Charlie’s Mom Has Cancer”
411mania.com, November 16, 2012
...skeptical, Frank asks Psychic John if he can conjure up the dead because he wants to reconnect with Barbara (Dee and Dennis’ mom) about his money. Psychic john ends up telling Frank and Dee that he senses she is still very much alive and living in the...
Collingswood Book Festival Lineup
Collingswood Patch, October 5, 2012
...To Stir, Inform and Inflame Panel Discussion: Reaching Out to Young Adult Readers Ellen Jensen Abbott Charlotte Bennardo Barbara Dee Elisa Ludwig Aaron Starmer Marcie Aboff - Healthy Eating; First Facts; Data Mania James Mascia - Paris...
Collingswood Book Festival Lineup
Haddonfield Patch, October 5, 2012
...To Stir, Inform and Inflame Panel Discussion: Reaching Out to Young Adult Readers Ellen Jensen Abbott Charlotte Bennardo Barbara Dee Elisa Ludwig Aaron Starmer Marcie Aboff - Healthy Eating; First Facts; Data Mania James Mascia - Paris...
Meet the Writers Behind Children's Books
Yorktown Patch, September 13, 2012
...part in the program:  Bedford Hills: Katie Davis, Jerry Davis Chappaqua: Matt Van Fleet, Jean Van Leeuwen, Barbara Dee, Mara Van Fleet Cortlandt Manor: Mayma Raphael, Helen Pashley Croton: Gloria Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney Goldens Bridge: Nora...
Celebrate Children’s Book Day Sept. 15
Rivertowns Patch, September 12, 2012
...part in the program:  Bedford Hills: Katie Davis, Jerry Davis Chappaqua: Matt Van Fleet, Jean Van Leeuwen, Barbara Dee, Mara Van Fleet Cortlandt Manor: Mayma Raphael, Helen Pashley Croton: Gloria Pinkney, Jerry Pinkney Goldens Bridge: Nora...