Barbara Roberts

Barbara Carroll Roberts’s books for young readers include the novels Nikki on the Line, a finalist for two state children’s book awards, and The Metamorphosis of Bunny Baxter, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Her picture book, A Rose Named Peace, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, is also a Junior Library Guild selection, as well as a Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gem.

Barbara has had many careers: farm worker, video producer, freelance writer, mom. All of which she draws on in her work writing for children. She grew up in northern California and holds a BA in English from Occidental College in Los Angeles and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has two grown children and now lives in Virginia with her husband, two cats, and one very goofy springer spaniel.