William Edmund Barrett
William Edmund Barrett (November 16, 1900 – September 14, 1986) was an American author.
Born in New York City, he graduated from Manhattan College in 1922 . He married Christine M. Rollman on February 15, 1925. He worked as an aeronautics consultant with the Denver Public Library from 1941 on. He received a citation from Regis College in 1956. He was a member of PEN and the Authors League of America. Barrett was a Roman Catholic.
He was a member of the National Press Club of Washington, D.C. and the Colorado Authors League, serving as its president from 1943–1944.
Three of his novels were made into films:
- The Left Hand of God, starring Humphrey Bogart
- Lilies of the Field based on his novel The Lilies of the Field, featuring Sidney Poitier
- Pieces of Dreams, based on The Wine and the Music.
Bibliography
- Woman on Horseback (1938)
- The Edge of Things (1938)
- Flight from Youth (1939)
- The Last Man (1946)
- The Evil Heart (1946)
- The Number of My Days (1946)
- Man from Rome (1949)
- The Left Hand of God (1951)
- To the Last Man (1952)
- Shadows of the Images (1953)
- Sudden Strangers (1956)
- The Empty Shrine (1958)
- The Lilies of the Field (1962)
- The Fools of Time (1963)
- Shepherd of Mankind (1964)
- The Red-Laquered Gate (1967)
- The Wine and the Music (1968)
- Pieces of Dreams (1968)
- A Woman in the House (1971)
- The Shape of Illusion (1972)
- The Lady of the Lotus (1975)
External links
- William E. Barrett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- William E. Barrett Papers, 1926–1975 (Finding Aid), University of Denver
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