Community Corner
Meet the Author: Lisa Barr, FUGITIVE COLORS
International
journalist and Chicagoan Lisa Barr will be autographing copies of her
award-winning historical fiction novel Fugitive Colors at Barbara’s Bookstore, 810 Village Center
Drive, Burr Ridge, Illinois on Thursday, October 17th, 2013 at 6pm
(phone 630.920.1500).
Lisa
Barr’s debut novel Fugitive Colors (www.fugitivecolorsthenovel.com) won first prize at the Hollywood Film
Festival for “Best Unpublished Manuscript” and is being launched in October by
Arcade Publishing. Fugitive Colors is a suspenseful tale of an artist’s
revenge during World War II. Julian Klein, a young American artist, leaves
behind his religious upbringing for the artistic freedom of Paris in the
1930’s, only to find himself trapped inside a world in which a paintbrush is
far more lethal than a gun.
A
journalist for 20 years, Lisa served as an editor for five years at The
Jerusalem Post in Israel, and managing editor of Moment Magazine and
Today’s Chicago Woman. Most recently she served as a staff reporter for
the Chicago Sun-Times. Her work ranges from covering terrorism and
politics to celebrities, lifestyle, sex and relationships. In addition, she's
contributed to numerous publications worldwide. She earned her master’s degree
from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University and currently lives in the Chicago suburb of
Deerfield, Illinois, with her husband and three teenage daughters. Lisa Barr
is also the creator and blogger of the popular website “GIRLilla Warfare:
A Mom’s Guide to Surviving the Suburban Jungle” (www.girlillawarfare.com) launched in May
2012.
