When not writing or working her full-time job, Andrea Barbosa travels in search of history, museums, and adventures. Her short stories and poems have appeared in several anthologies and journals, including the Southern Pacific Review and Ariel Chart.
She was the VP and Press Director for the Houston Writers' Guild for 5 years and is a member of the Board of Directors for Kallisto Gaia Press, a non-profit that publishes The Ocotillo Review Literary Journal.
She has been a guest speaker at Houston Writers Guild writing conferences, Houston Baptist University Writers Conference, Lone Star College Bayou City Book Festival, Fort Bend County Libraries Book Festival, First Colony, Maud Marks, and Bear Creek libraries, Bay Area Writers League, NW Houston Romance Writers of America, Authorology workshops by Inklings Publishing, and is a regular guest author and panelist at Comicpalooza's (Texas largest pop culture event) Literary Track.
Awards:
2015 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal Award - Poetry: Holes in Space - A Poetry Collection
2015 Honorable Mention Award - Spider's Web Flash Fiction Contest from Spider Road Press
2015 Honorable Mention Award - Houston Writers Guild Contest from Houston Writers Guild Press' Mystery Short Stories.
2016 First Place Award - Spider's Web Flash Fiction Contest from Spider Road Press
2016 Solo Medalist Winner in Contemporary Romance - New Apple Literary Book Awards
2018 "Official Selection" in Romance - New Apple Literary Summer e-Book Award
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