Barbara Spencer

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About me

Occupation Writer
Location Wells, South West, United Kingdom
Introduction First published in Fashion Magazine in 1969, Barbara Spencer embarked on a highly colourful career spanning three continents in which she was caught up in riots, wars, and choosing Miss World. An award-winning children’s author, Barbara is now writing fantasy/magical realism for an older audience.
Interests I write, play golf and bridge. I garden and I love films and classical music especially opera.
Favorite Movies Moonstruck, Rio Bravo with John Wayne and Dean Martin, Gone with the Wind, The Quiet Man with John Wayne, High Society with Frank Sinata and Grace Kelly, Guys and Dolls with Marlon Brando, As Good as it Gets with Jack Nicholson, Hunger Games.
Favorite Music Symphony No 5 Sibelius, Piano Concerto No 2 Shostakovich, La Boheme and Turondot by Pucci, Schindlers List by John Williams
Favorite Books The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Ntasha Pully, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier