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William Edmund Barrett

William Edmund Barrett lived from November 16, 1900 to September 1986. He was an American author.

Born in New York City, he studied at Manhattan College. 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, the Authors League of America and the Roman Catholic Church.

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.

Books written by him

• Woman on Horseback, 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
• Shadows of the Images, 1953
• Sudden Strangers, 1956
• The Empty Shrine, 1958
• Lilies of the Field, 1962
• The Fools of Time, 1963
• Shepherd of Mankind, 1964
• The Wine and the Music 1968