William Edmund Barrett

William Edmund Barrett (November 16, 1900 – September 14, 1986) was an American author.

Born in New York City, he graduated from Manhattan College in 1922 . He married Christine M. Rollman on February 15, 1925. He worked as an aeronautics consultant with the Denver Public Library from 1941 on. He received a citation from Regis College in 1956. He was a member of PEN and the Authors League of America. Barrett was a Roman Catholic.

He was a member of the National Press Club of Washington, D.C. and the Colorado Authors League, serving as its president from 1943–1944.

Three of his novels were made into films:

• The Left Hand of God, starring Humphrey Bogart
• Lilies of the Field based on his novel The Lilies of the Field, featuring Sidney Poitier
• Pieces of Dreams, based on The Wine and the Music.

Bibliography

Barrett wrote many mystery stories for pulp magazines like All Detective

• Woman on Horseback (1938)
• The Edge of Things (1938)
• Flight from Youth (1939)
• The Last Man (1946)
• The Evil Heart (1946)
• The Number of My Days (1946)
• Man from Rome (1949)
• The Left Hand of God (1951)
• To the Last Man (1952)
• Shadows of the Images (1953)
• Sudden Strangers (1956)
• The Empty Shrine (1958)
• The Lilies of the Field (1962)
• The Fools of Time (1963)
• Shepherd of Mankind (1964)
• The Red-Laquered Gate (1967)
• The Wine and the Music (1968)
• Pieces of Dreams (1968)
• A Woman in the House (1971)
• The Shape of Illusion (1972)
• The Lady of the Lotus (1975)

External links

• William E. Barrett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• William E. Barrett Papers, 1926–1975 (Finding Aid), University of Denver