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Barbara Strickland

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in Sydney, Australia
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Emily Bronte, Frances Hodgson Burnett and David Suzuki

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August 2014

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Follow her Amorina Rose’s blog on her website at www.brstrickland.com
Contact at barb@brstrickland.com as Barb loves hearing from readers.

Barbara Strickland grew up in Sydney in a multicultural environment. Having Italian parents encouraged a love of travelling. The wonderful cultures inspired, and she found herself using bits and pieces in her contemporary romance series - Unexpected Love.
Not forgetting a love for Australia and what it has to offer, Sydney and North Queensland also feature throughout the series along with some spicy hot loving.
In her spare time, she is obsessed with Japanese poetry, ballroom dancing and learning languages.
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Barbara Strickland I see things, hear things and they strike a learning chord. It makes me want to examine closer by creating characters to see and hear from a safer dis…moreI see things, hear things and they strike a learning chord. It makes me want to examine closer by creating characters to see and hear from a safer distance. Distance gives perspective. The writing down gives me perspective and I hope in this way my characters give insight into situations we all face.
With blogging and my poetry it is more about commenting on those same things as myself hoping others will comment back so I increase my knowledge.
Sounds confusing but the truth is I don't know how not to write.
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Barbara Strickland Because my family is Italian I would probably enter my own fictional world. I often miss the warmth and laughter and family overload that is being Ita…moreBecause my family is Italian I would probably enter my own fictional world. I often miss the warmth and laughter and family overload that is being Italian. I would bask in all of that and absorb the lilt of the language and the divine aroma of the food.
However in saying that I have quite a few favourite authors and I would enter their world simply because of the incredible men they create lol.(less)
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