Peggy Barnes worked as a freelance food and travel writer and restaurant critic. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. Her award-winning short stories have been widely published in literary magazines. Excerpts from I Knew You by Name have been published in Halfway Down the Stairs, Foliate Oak and Gravel. Peggy lives.... more
Peggy Barnes worked as a freelance food and travel writer and restaurant critic. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. Her award-winning short stories have been widely published in literary magazines. Excerpts from I Knew You by Name have been published in Halfway Down the Stairs, Foliate Oak and Gravel. Peggy lives in Dayton, Ohio with her husband and two dogs.
PEGGY BARNES's Projects
I Knew You by Name: The Search for My Lost Mother
A memoir of a daughter's search for her unwed mother. Secreted letters and diaries reveal much of Ba... more