Barbara G. Peters
Encyclopedia
Barbara G. Peters was born in Winnetka, Illinois
.
Peters was named by Publishers Weekly
as one of the eleven most important people in Bookselling in their January 3, 2000 issue in an article entitled Eleven for the Millennium. She holds a BA from Stanford University
, an MA from Northwestern University
, an MSLS from the University of Tennessee
. She was named a Library of Congress Intern on receipt of her Masters in Library Science, and is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada
, The British Crime Writers Association, and Mystery Writers of America
. She is a founder of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
In 1997 she co-founded Poisoned Pen Press
, a separate corporation dedicated to publishing excellence in mystery, making available originals and reprints.
Winnetka, Illinois
Winnetka is an affluent North Shore village located approximately north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. Winnetka was featured on the list of America's 25 top-earning towns and "one of the best places to live" by CNN Money in 2011...
.
Peters was named by Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
as one of the eleven most important people in Bookselling in their January 3, 2000 issue in an article entitled Eleven for the Millennium. She holds a BA from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, an MA from Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, an MSLS from the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
. She was named a Library of Congress Intern on receipt of her Masters in Library Science, and is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canada is a national organization for Canadian crime writers, founded by Howard Engel.-Arthur Ellis Awards:Its annual awards are the Arthur Ellis Awards. The award statue itself is wooden model of a hanging man. The arms and legs move when the statue's string is pulled.The award is...
, The British Crime Writers Association, and Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....
. She is a founder of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
Business Ventures
In 1989 she founded The Poisoned Pen, one of the world's largest mystery bookstores which has since expanded into many literary areas, doing business nationally and internationally.In 1997 she co-founded Poisoned Pen Press
Poisoned Pen Press
Poisoned Pen Press is a publisher of hardcover mystery fiction in the United States. It is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Poisoned Pen Press typically publishes thirty-six new hardcover mysteries per year, thirty-six new large type editions of those hardcovers, and between thirty and forty new trade...
, a separate corporation dedicated to publishing excellence in mystery, making available originals and reprints.