Raffaella Barker
Encyclopedia
Raffaella Barker is an English author. She lives in Norfolk
, England
with her family. She is the daughter of the poet George Barker
and the novelist Elspeth Barker
.
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
with her family. She is the daughter of the poet George Barker
George Barker (poet)
George Granville Barker was an English poet and author.-Life and work:Barker was born in Loughton, near Epping Forest in Essex, England, elder brother of Kit Barker [painter] George Barker was raised by his Irish mother and English father in Battersea, London. He was educated at an L.C.C. school...
and the novelist Elspeth Barker
Elspeth Barker
Elspeth Barker is a novelist and journalist. She was born in 1940 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her first husband was the poet George Barker by whom she had five children, including the novelist Raffaella Barker. In 2007 she married the writer Bill Troop....
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Publications
- "Poppyland" (2008), ISBN 0-7553-2412-9
- A Perfect Life (2006), ISBN 0-7553-2409-9
- Phosphorescence (2005), ISBN 0-330-41024-5
- Green Grass (2002), ISBN 0-7472-6941-6
- Summertime (2002), ISBN 0-375-50387-0
- Hens Dancing (2000), ISBN 0-7472-6221-7
- Come and Tell Me Some Lies (2000), ISBN 0-7472-6481-3