Tracy Barrett

Tracy Barrett is the author of numerous books and articles for young readers in magazines. A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research on women writers of the Middle Ages led her to write the award-winning young adult novel, "Anna of Byzantium" (Random House). Her most recent work is a novel for young readers, "Cold in Summer" (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers). Tracy Barrett is the Regional Advisor for the Midsouth for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She teaches writing for children and children's literature and gives presentations to students, librarians, and teachers. She is a faculty member at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband and two children.