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American author

William Edmund Barrett (November 16, 1900, New York – September 14, 1986, Denver ) was an American writer, best known for the 1962 novella The Lilies of the Field.

Life

Barrett was born in New York City November 16, 1900, to John Joseph and Eleanor Margaret (Flannery) Barrett. His family was Roman Catholic.^[1] In 1916, he and his family moved to Denver, Colorado. He returned east to attend Manhattan College, from which he was graduated in 1922.

Barrett spent most of his life in Denver.^[2] From 1923 to 1929 he worked as the Rocky Mountain advertising manager for Westinghouse. He married Christine M. Rollman on February 15, 1925.^[3]

Deeply interested in aviation, he was a civilian lecturer for the United States Air Force, and worked as an aeronautics consultant with the Denver Public Library^[2] from 1941 on. He received a citation from Regis College in 1956.

Writing

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