Barbara Spencer was born in Bowdon, in Cheshire, grew up in Birmingham and
could have lived an everyday and quiet life, but that was not for her.
Since her
earliest youth Barbara was an avid cricket fan and would not miss a single match. She traveled to all the matches of
her favorite team in Europe and later even the Caribbean. She fell in love with the laid-back lifestyle
and beauty of the islands and accepted a job offer as a teacher in a
secretarial college in Barbados and Grenada.
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Image courtesy Johanna Kostka , Sunsation Tours Grenada
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But soon, her teaching career took
her on to New York, Greece, France, and the Middle East.
Barbara remembers
these years as the most fascinating time of her life. She was present at the Black
Power Riots in the West Indies, witnessed the overthrow by the military junta
in Greece and the war in Lebanon. Found
herself in the middle of a gunfire battle and fled Beirut, sitting on the floor of a taxicab.
After those wild years, Barbara decided to returned to
Great Britain, where she became a qualified swimming teacher and judge. For many years she taught
children to swim, lend her expertise to the Street & district Swimming
Club, and watched her daughter train or compete for the rest of the week. One day while sitting at the edge of the pool watching
her daughter swim, Barbara began to write and has not stopped ever since. She
writes the most fascinating stories in many different genres, is an avid
blogger and travels throughout the UK for book signing events.
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