Barri L. Bumgarner’s brand new novel, Dregs, touches on a topic most Americans have first-hand experience with: peer pressure. As her first young adult novel, Bumgarner tackles the tough issues of bullies, steroids, and what it takes to push a teenager to bring a gun to school. The book has already received attention from notable award...
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Barri L. Bumgarner’s brand new novel, Dregs, touches on a topic most Americans have first-hand experience with: peer pressure. As her first young adult novel, Bumgarner tackles the tough issues of bullies, steroids, and what it takes to push a teenager to bring a gun to school. The book has already received attention from notable award committees.
Bumgarner’s previous novel, Slipping, received Missouri Writers' Guild Best Fiction 2005, runner-up. Slipping has received rave reviews from national radio host Jim Bohannon and Tyrone Banks of the Washington Post. Her short story “Retribution” currently appears in Mysteries of the Ozarks, Vol. II.
Bumgarner’s debut novel, 8 Days, is currently in its second print-run. Barri also freelances for Crescendo and Family magazines. In 2005, she received Best Technical Article honors for her education articles, awarded by the Missouri Writers’ Guild, and in Writer’s Digest 72nd Annual Writing Competition honors. Playing the Line—a prequel to 8 Days—will be released in fall 2007.
Ms. Bumgarner, a former teacher at Oakland Junior High School, is a graduate assistant at the University of Missouri-Columbia while completing her Master’s and beginning her doctorate. She is a graduate of Long Ridge Writers’ Institute, learning under the tutelage of Edgar Award winning author Carolyn Wheat. Along with nearly thirty poems, Barri has published over fifty articles for statewide magazines and short fiction in Rock Springs Review, Missouri Teachers Write, Every Day is Father’s Day and Well-Versed. She is the Publicity Chair for the Missouri Writers’ Guild, is a board member of Missouri Center for the Book, and is at work on her sixth novel. For more information, visit her website at: www.barriLbumgarner.com.
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