Lois Fowler Barrett
A descendent of Irish, English,
and French emigrants, LOIS FOWLER BARRETT was born and educated in
Illinois schools and colleges. Studies included the
humanities,journalism, and government. Barrett became an avid student
of the historical environment. Traveling and research are the author’s
hobbies, along with writing.
As a former reporter/photographer for newspapers in Southern Illinois,
Barrett explored earthquake happenings in the early eighteen hundreds
to the present.
This heightened a desire to relate the seriousness of these findings.
What
began as a project many years ago has attained fruition in fiction in
this century. A growing concern for acceptance and recognition of the
earthquakes of the past birthed a desire to fictionalize life in the
1800s in southern Illinois to as far in the present as possible.
Barrett delved deeply into the ways of relevant historical facts for
balance.
Much
of the studies, travels, and insight into this way of life included the
lower counties of the area. Barrett emphatically sees history as an
education, meat and potatoes for history buffs, into how their
ancestors might have lived in the area during pioneering-to-present
times. As research heightened, the lively characters of a pioneering
era novel took on a life of their own, furthering desire to follow the
characters for generations as a dedicated series.
You can find out more information about Lois by visiting her website.