Darlene Barry Quaife

Darlene Barry Quaife's novel 'Bone Bird' won a Commonwealth Writers Prize. Her novel 'Days & Nights on the Amazon' was voted A Book for Everybody by the Canadian Booksellers Association. 'Death Writes: A Curious Notebook, ' a book of popular culture on a ubiquitous theme, has been called "An insightful avant-Goth perspective - the world according to Death." Quaife's first genre novel, 'Polar Circus, ' is a mystery and appears under the name D. A. Barry. 'Polar Circus' was short-listed for the...See more

Darlene Barry Quaife's novel 'Bone Bird' won a Commonwealth Writers Prize. Her novel 'Days & Nights on the Amazon' was voted A Book for Everybody by the Canadian Booksellers Association. 'Death Writes: A Curious Notebook, ' a book of popular culture on a ubiquitous theme, has been called "An insightful avant-Goth perspective - the world according to Death." Quaife's first genre novel, 'Polar Circus, ' is a mystery and appears under the name D. A. Barry. 'Polar Circus' was short-listed for the Writers' Guild of Alberta, Georges Bugnet Novel Award. Darlene is a founding director of WordFest: The Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival, and a past Vice-President and President of the Writers' Guild of Alberta. She has many years of experience as a writer, editor, mentor and writing instructor at The University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, Drumheller Penitentiary and as an Electronic Writer In Residence to Canadian High Schools. Darlene has a B.A. (Honours) and a M.A. in English, specializing in Creative Writing. Visit darlenequaife.com See less