D.M. Barr
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D.M. Barr

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D.M. Barr is the pseudonym for Dawn M. Barclay, an award-winning author who writes psychological and romantic suspense under this pen name and non-fiction under her own. Her published novels include Expired Listings, Murder Worth the Weight, Saving Grace: A Psychological Thriller, The Queen of Second Chances, and Simple Tryst of Fate. Level Best Books will release her newest domestic thriller, Deadly When Disturbed, in January, 2025, and in February, LBB will also publish the first of her upcoming multi-volume series, Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide. Among other honors, Dawn won the Lowell Thomas Gold Award from the SATW Foundation for her autism travel bible, Traveling Different: Vacation Strategies for Parents of the Anxious, the Inflexible, and the Neurodiverse (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022). She recently finished her second stint co-editing a Sisters in Crime NY/Tri-state anthology. New York State of Crime, published by Down & Out Books in the fall of 2024 and that includes her third published short story, Orchestral Removals in the Dark. This follows her editing of Justce for All: Murder New York Style 5, published by Level Best Books, which includes her short story, A Trial for the Books. Dawn offers developmental and copy editing through SuggestedDevelopment dot com and ghostwrites personal histories and corporate profiles through LegacyQuest dot net. A member of ITW, she has served as president of Hudson Valley Scribes, vice president of Sisters in Crime-NY (still a board member), and the newsletter author/board member of the NY chapter of Mystery Writers of America. Follow her at www dot dmbarr dot com.
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