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M.L. Barrs

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San Francisco, CA, The United States

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Mystery, Suspense, Romance

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Author also writes as Maria Lynn Barrs

ML Barrs ran TV newsrooms for years, guiding and managing the content and production of more than eight hours of live newscasts a day.
In her debut novel, Parallel Secrets, protagonist Vicky Robeson shares that kind of experience as well as the author’s passion for justice, especially when it comes to the safety and well-being of children and other vulnerable people.
ML Barrs grew up one of thirteen children—the first girl, with three older brothers—a birth order she believes shaped her essence by the time she was eight. A girl’s gotta be a bit pugnacious to get along in that environment. Amid the chaos of fourteen people living in a mobile home (not a double-wide), she turned fifteen, dropped out o ...more

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Average rating: 4.55 · 75 ratings · 46 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Parallel Secrets 4.39 avg rating — 51 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parallel Peril (A Vicky Robeson Mystery Book 2) by Maria Lynn Barrs, M.L. Barrs (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Past is Prologue

Gorgeous day for a walk, thinking about what to write in this newsletter. It was definitely going to involve the past, because I’ve returned to writing the story of my family and my part in it. It’s fascinating how often I was at the center of everything that happened when I was a child. (haha)

Anyway, the saying “Past is prologue” popped into my mind. I thought about how true that is in my persona

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