Barbara Briggs Ward is a writer living in Ogdensburg, New York. She is the author of an unforgettable Christmas trilogy for adults featuring The Reindeer Keeper (selected by Yahoo's Christmas Book Club as their December 2012 Book of the Month), The Snowman Maker, and ending with The Candle Giver.

Barbara's short stories have appeared in the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, Christmas Magic and Family Caregivers, plus Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, and The Crafts Report. Her short story, "The Great Berry Pie Cook-Off," was a First Friday Fiction selection appearing on The Saturday Evening Post's website.

Barbara's work includes her book, A Robin's Snow (an Amish mystery/love story); a short story for children published in Highlights for Children; and two picture books she both wrote and illustrated—The Really, Really Hairy Flight of Snarly Sally and Snarly Sally's Garden of ABCs, as well as two picture books for the NYS Office of Mental Health.

Available for

Book Fairs, Book Signings

Websites

BarbaraBriggsWard.com, The Reindeer Keeper (Blog), The Reindeer Keeper (Facebook Page)

Books

• A Robin's Snow (2017, Wheatmark, View Book Image)
• The Candle Giver (2015, Wheatmark, View Book Image)
• The Snowman Maker (2013, Wheatmark, View Book Image)
• The Reindeer Keeper (2010, Wheatmark, View Book Image)