Ann Gaylia O'Barr
Ann Gaylia O’Barr was a Foreign Service Officer in the United States Department of State from 1990 to 2004. Assignments included tours in U.S. embassies and consulates in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Algiers, Algeria; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Tunis, Tunisia; and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Washington, D.C. tours included assignments in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Ann is the author of four novels, Singing in Babylon, Quiet Deception, Searching for Home (a finalist in the 2008 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest), and Distant Thunder (all OakTara). Ann’s published articles include: “French Diary,” published in State Department Magazine (December, 1996); “Bringing In The Kingdom With 51 Percent,” published in Liberty Magazine (November, 2005); and “Jeddah and the 1991 Gulf War” appeared on the American Diplomacy website (March, 2006). Ann lives in Washington State. To email her: IslandFiction@hotmail.com
Books by Ann Gaylia O'Barr
Singing in Babylon
Quiet Deception
Searching for Home
Distant Thunder
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