Barbara Wyatt has earned degrees from the University of Kentucky (BA, Music), Syracuse University (MA, Television/Radio), and the University of Bristol (Film). Wind on the Sounds is based on her personal experience as a novice sailor aboard Nightrunner in the 2015 race.
Wyatt can't stop writing and enjoys gathering thoughts and creating stories. She has written for numerous magazines, including Boys' Life, Good Old Boat, World and I, New York Tennis Magazine, and Northwest Travel. Her short stories appear in several Muddy Puddle Press anthologies, including The Sun Never Rises (2000) and One-Sentence Stories (2017).
When she isn't sailing in the waters of the Pacific Northwest, Wyatt is playing tennis, hiking, skiing, or learning about the history of Vancouver Island and its First Nations peoples. Wyatt lives with her husband near Seattle, Washington.
