Meet the Author: Lisa Barr, FUGITIVE COLORS

International
journalist Lisa Barr will be autographing copies of her award-winning
historical fiction novel Fugitive Colors at ANDERSON’S BOOK SHOP, 96
Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont, New York on Thursday, October
3rd, 7 pm (phone 914-834-6900).

Lisa
Barr’s debut novel FUGITIVE COLORS (www.fugitivecolorsthenovel.com) won first prize at
the Hollywood Film Festival for “Best Unpublished Manuscript” and is being
launched in October by Arcade Publishing. Fugitive Colors is a
suspenseful tale of an artist’s revenge during World War II. Julian Klein,
a young American artist, leaves behind his religious upbringing for the
artistic freedom of Paris in the 1930’s, only to find himself trapped inside a
world in which a paintbrush is far more lethal than a gun. 

A
journalist for 20 years, Lisa served as an editor for five years at The
Jerusalem Post in Israel, and managing editor of Moment Magazine and
Today’s Chicago Woman. Most recently she served as a staff reporter for
the Chicago Sun-Times. Her work ranges from covering terrorism and
politics to celebrities, lifestyle, sex and relationships. In addition, she's
contributed to numerous publications worldwide. She earned her master’s degree
from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University and currently lives in the Chicago suburb of
Deerfield, Illinois, with her husband and three teenage daughters. Lisa Barr
is also the creator and blogger of the popular website “GIRLilla Warfare:
A Mom’s Guide to Surviving the Suburban Jungle” (www.girlillawarfare.com) launched in May
2012.