BAIPA Board Member John Byrne Barry is one of twelve finalists in the San Francisco Writers Conference 2022 Contest in the category of Adult Fiction for his most recent novel, When I Killed My Father: An Assisted-Suicide Family Thriller. Per the contest rules, John submitted the first 1,500 words from his novel. Winners will be announced on November 30. Fingers crossed…
You can read the first three chapters here.
Sandra V. McGee is the interim blogmistress while John Bryne Barry directs his new play ‘Sausalypso Houseboat Wars Murder Mystery’ in Tam Valley next March.One Comment
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Congrats on being a finalist, John. Good luck!