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Barbara Flores has taught creative writing for over twenty years including classes at U.C. Berkeley Extension. St. Mary’s College in California, and Palm Beach Atlantic University. She is an award winning author and playwright with three nonfiction titles, a memoir, two plays, and many published magazine features. She has an MFA in Writing and Literature from Bennington College.

“Barbara has the uncanny ability to pinpoint the qualities in a book that make it succeed at the fundamental storytelling level.” – Anonymous reviewer for Harper’s

The Biggest Moonshiner

By Betty M. Rafter

Sandblast

“Barbara Flores was my first fiction teacher, and the skills and concepts I learned in her class were invaluable in launching my career as an author.”

– Al Pessin

Dust and Mud

“Barbara always has a million good ideas, and her classes and editing push me to rethink and revise.”

– Sarah Mattern

Living Art, Living Young

"My gratitude goes to my editor Barbara Flores who taught me to write with skill."

– Jeanine Semon

“After working with Barbara on my book, the first agent I contacted sent me a contract.”

– Pat Arena, Boca Raton, FL

“I was so elated when the essay I wrote in Barbara’s class [and edited by her] was accepted by Good Housekeeping.”

– Anne Sigmon, Lafayette, CA