Bio:

I'm a time traveler—well, actually an archivist and a historian, which amounts to the same thing. I got a firsthand taste (sometimes literally!) of nineteenth-century New England rural life when I was a costumed interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village. There I milked cows, mucked out barns, and found inspiration for my historical novel, A Difficult Boy (Holiday House, 2008). After working at OSV, I worked as an archivist at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum in Springfield, MA, where I visited a different time and place with every diary, letter, and photograph I cataloged. My current job is Circuit Rider for Preservation Massachusetts in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. I'm also a freelance historical consultant and have written exhibit text, scripts for historical dramatizations, nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, fundraising materials, and planning studies.

Writer
PAL
Member since 2007
Region: New England: Central (Massachusetts)

Contact Information

Website:  http://www.mpbarker.net

Published In Children's Market: Yes
Available for Speaking Engagements? Yes