![]() ![]() He was a member of the National Press Club of Washington, D.C. In 1961 he received an Honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Creighton University. He was a member of PEN and the Authors League of America. In 1964, he wrote Shepherd of Mankind, a biography of Pope Paul VI. His first novel, Woman on Horseback was published in 1938. In 1929, he began writing freelance for pulp magazines. ![]() In a writing career that spanned over 50 years, Barrett's works include short stories, biographies, novels, reviews and non-fiction. He received a citation from Regis College in 1956. ĭeeply 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 from 1941 on. From 1923-1929 he worked as the Rocky Mountain advertising manager for Westinghouse. He returned east to attend Manhattan College, from which he was graduated in 1922.īarrett spent most of his life in Denver. In 1916, he and his family moved to Denver, Colorado. William Edmund Barrett (Novem– September 14, 1986) was an American writer, best known for the 1962 novella The Lilies of the Field.īarrett was born in New York City November 16, 1900, to John Joseph and Eleanor Margaret (Flannery) Barrett. ![]()
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