Carole Barrowman

Carole Barrowman
Carole Barrowman signing copies of Hollow Earth at Alverno College in 2012
Carole Barrowman signing copies of Hollow Earth at Alverno College in 2012
BornCarole Emily Barrowman
(1959-04-20) 20 April 1959 (age 65)
Occupation
  • English professor
  • fiction reviewer
  • writer
NationalityScottish-American
RelativesJohn Barrowman (brother)
Website
www.carolebarrowman.com

Carole Emily Barrowman[1] (born 20 April 1959) is a Scottish-American writer and academic.

Biography

She is Professor of English and Director of Creative Studies in Writing at Alverno College, Milwaukee, and a reviewer and crime fiction columnist for the Milwaukee Sentinel.

She is also known for her writing contributions with younger brother, actor, singer and dancer John Barrowman, best-known for his role as Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood.[2]

She was credited as co-author on her brother's memoir and autobiography, Anything Goes, which was published in 2008 by Michael O'Mara Books.[3] Part of the writing process involved her transcribing her brother's dictations.[4]

In 2009, John Barrowman published I Am What I Am, also featuring Carole as co-author.[5] In addition to her brother's memoirs, the siblings co-wrote a Torchwood comic strip, featuring Jack Harkness, entitled Captain Jack and the Selkie.[6] The Barrowman siblings' debut novel, titled Hollow Earth, was published in February 2012.[7] In researching the novel, Carole traveled to the west coast of Scotland to visit some of the locations which she and her brother chose to feature in the book.[8]

In addition to her published collaborations, she contributed an essay about her brother to the Hugo Award-winning[9] non-fiction anthology Chicks Dig Time Lords.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Hollow Earth : Characters". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. ^ Carole E. Barrowman official website Archived 9 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 8 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Autobiography release dates confirmed". Archived from the original on 9 January 2008.
  4. ^ Weintraub, Joanne (4 September 2007). "His own universe". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  5. ^ "Roll Out the Barrowman". The Bookseller (5382): 46. 15 May 2009. ISSN 0006-7539.
  6. ^ McCarthy, James (18 February 2009). "Torchwood's John Barrowman gets help for comic turn". Western Mail. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  7. ^ Official Hollow Earth website Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swain, Sarah (3 January 2012). "Barrowmans honour gran in children's fantasy adventure". The Herald. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  9. ^ Hugo Award Winners
  10. ^ Barrowman, Carole (2 September 2010). "The classic Doctor Who monster that terrified young John Barrowman". io9. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
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