About the author
Barbara Carney-Coston is an award-winning author, media producer, and educator.
She began her career as a teacher and then worked in educational television, producing programs for public television, The Learning Channel and a variety of private clients. For National Geographic, she produced many web features, including one about the Underground Railroad that won a Parents’ Choice award and was designated an ALA Notable Website.
She has written for Highlights for Children, Hopscotch, and Washington Parent magazines. Her historical fiction novel for young readers, To the Copper Country—Mihaela’s Journey, was published by Wayne State University Press in September 2017. It was named the winner for Children’s Fiction by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association (MIPA) 2017 and was awarded the Historical Society of Michigan’s highest honor for Outstanding History Publication for Children and Youth 2018.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, she loved spending part of every summer as a child "up North." She currently resides in Washington, DC, where she enjoys reading, writing and research, cooking and gardening, swimming and travel. She and her husband are the proud parents of two grown children and three grandchildren.