Anthony Barbera interestingly began his career writing music for films and commercials. Earning his B.M. in Music Composition from North Carolina School of the Arts University, he then went on for his masters in composition at the University of Massachusetts. Winning numerous accolades and awards for his music composition, he placed first at the BMI National Music Awards, where the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra performed his "Two Songs for Soprano and Orchestra on Poems by Rilke." And yet, during that time, Anthony's passion for literature and writing was just getting started.
After being asked to direct a collection of ambitious teenagers in writing and acting in their first film for the Sonoma Film Festival-that was it, he was hooked. His novels, in order of publication, are, Catching Baby Moses, The First Rains of October, and Jonah In the Time of the Kings. Assurity, his 4th novel, and a space thriller is complete and awaiting release. His screenplays include: An American Psalm, Catching Baby Moses, and Assurity.
