Barbara Croft

She grew up in Iowa. She is a member of the Society of Midland Authors.[1] She lives in Chicago.

• 1998 Drue Heinz Literature Prize

There are only two facts, birth and death, and in between some necessary fictions.” In the case of the Gerhardt family, the once-functional fictions are fraying, unraveling into a painful tangle of self-healing truths. And the sense of relief spills over to the reader, who shares the catharsis.[2]

• Primary colors and other stories. New Rivers Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-89823-124-3.
• Necessary Fictions. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1998.
• Moon's crossing. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2003. ISBN 978-0-618-34153-5.

• John Patterson (August 26, 2008). "It's the American story". Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
• "Review: Moon's Crossing". Entertainment Weekly. August 15, 2003.
• GLORIA ROHMANN (January 24, 1999). "Books:Necessary Fictions". The New York Times.