Barbara Critchley
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Museums or Libraries |
| Occupation | Tour Guide |
| Location | Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | My career spans retail, fashion, journalism and tourism. I studied history and literature at the University of Essex. The background for my first novel, "Death Behind the Headlines" is the Havell Hundreds a place of mystery, legend and intrigue. |
| Interests | Creative writing, photography, archaeology, research, walking, theatre, cinema, natural history/environment, volunteering. |
| Favorite movies | Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Amelie, The Lady Killers, Jean de Florette, Some Like it Hot, The Third Man, Casablanca, Sabrina, Snow White, Bambi |
| Favorite music | Beethoven's Quartets, Mozart's symphonies. Schubert, particularly Stanchen, Scott Joplin, some early jazz, 1960s classic rock. |
| Favorite books | Authors/poets: Charles Dickens, W.B.Yeats, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins, Tolkien, Tolstoy, L.M. Montgomery, John Clare, Thomas Hardy, Dylan Thomas, Virginia Wolf. |