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Barbara Borst

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The United States

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Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

Member Since

October 2020

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Barbara Borst worked as a journalist in South Africa during the final years of the struggle to end apartheid. Through that reporting, she had the chance to interview not only the leaders on all sides of the conflict but also many of the young people who played dramatic roles in the protests that brought about change. Their commitment to justice and their sacrifices for that cause inspired her to write the novel Comrades. She has written two other novels, In Katutura and Mehmed and Razim, as well as numerous short stories.

Based abroad for a dozen years, in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Paris and Toronto, she reported for Newsday, The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, The Los Angeles Times, Inter Press Service news agency and other news organiz ...more

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Barbara Borst Short stories set in the U.S. and other places are the current focus of my writing.

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Barbara Borst When I was in grade school, we were assigned to write a story. Once I started, I knew right away that I wanted to be a writer. For many years, I wrote…moreWhen I was in grade school, we were assigned to write a story. Once I started, I knew right away that I wanted to be a writer. For many years, I wrote about the people I interviewed as a journalist. Now, I have returned to writing fiction as well.(less)

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