“Come into my parlor,” said the spider to the fly.
Welcome to my little corner of the web. My name is Barbara Rogan and I am a writer. I’m many other things, too, as you’ll discover herein: teacher, editor, speaker, former literary agent, ranch hand and nature reserve ranger, wife and mother—but always and forever a writer.
Come inside; browse my bookshelf. Along with reviews of my eight novels and other works, you’ll find the stories behind the story. Check out the writers on my desert-island list, too.
“What’s New?” is the place for updates on appearances, classes, upcoming books, movie deals, and other news. There's a new online class forming now, to begin on in May, 2010. Right now I'm leading a Next Level workshop called "Revising Fiction," for fiction writers who want to hone their first drafts into finished manuscripts. For more information, see "What's New?" and visit my other website, www.nextlevelworkshop.com, which focuses on my teaching and editing work.
Pour yourself a cup of coffee in the Writers’ Lounge, where we kick back and talk about both the craft and the business of writing. You might find some useful resources on my list of great websites for writers.
I love hearing from readers and answer their email personally, so drop me a line. And if you should find that you’re trapped in my web, don’t worry: I’ll be along shortly.
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HINDSIGHT:
“A subtle exercise
in psychological suspense
that brings new meaning to
the word
‘retro’! The
strands of the story lead
from high-school to
adulthood, and join the
characters in a tightening
web of memory, lust, and
obligation--a web in which
one of them lurks at the
center, cruel and patient
as a spider. A real can't-
put-it-down ending, too!"
---Diana Gabaldon, author
of THE FIERY CROSS
SUSPICION:
“SUSPICION had its
way with me from start to
finish…If you can
put this book down before
you’ve finished it,
it’s possible that
your heart may have stopped
beating.” The
Washington Post
“Rogan’s smart
reinvention of the haunted
housewife, mad or menaced
or both, is a
honey…. Like Shirley
Jackson, Rogan brings
sophistication, skillful
writing and subtlety to the
business of
ghosts.” The San
Francisco Chronicle
“Rogan’s best
so far…a winning,
flat-out
all-nighter…Strong
characterizations…suck
the reader with unerring
skill into the joys of
total
entertainment.”—Kirkus
Reviews
ROWING IN EDEN:
“Lively and
sympathetic
writing…highly
engaging
characters…a
beguiling portrait of love
lost and found and selfhood
redeemed.”—San
Francisco Chronicle Book
Review
“Rogan’s
heartwarming tale of guilt,
redemption, new beginning,
and burgeoning
relationships makes us
marvel at her ability to
seen so well into the souls
of her
characters.”---Library
Journal
A HEARTBEAT AWAY:
“Evocative…entertaining…combines
tart, crisp prose with just
a touch of magic
realism.”—San
Francisco Chronicle.
“Vivid as lightning
bolts. Barbara
Rogan…is evidence
that writers are born, not
made.”—Carol
Strickland, New York
Times.
SAVING GRACE
“What “Bonfire
of the Vanities”
tried to
be.”—Library
Journal
“Intelligent,
absorbing…sheer
enjoyment.”—Publishers
Weekly
CAFÉ NEVO
“An inspired,
passionate work of
fiction…a
near-magical
novel.”—Kirkus
Review
“A wonderful
novel…vivid…unforgettable.”—San
Francisco Chronicle
“From the very first
line of CAFÉ NEVO we
are in the hands of a real
storyteller. Barbara Rogan
writes with compelling
grace.”—Alice
Hoffman
“Indeed a wonderful
novel…with richly
developed characters acting
and interacting… the
café and its clients
will long remain in
memory.”—Madeleine
L’Engle
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