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Kathleen Barber is an American writer and non-practicing lawyer. Television rights to her 2017 debut novel Are You Sleeping were sold to Hello Sunshine, and a series called "Truth Be Told", based on the book, was produced for Apple TV+ and debuted in December 2019. Barber was raised in Galesburg, Illinois.
- American
- Galesburg, Illinois, U.S.
May 3, 2018 · Kathleen Barber’s first novel Truth Be Told (formerly published as Are You Sleeping) is the inspiration for the Apple TV+ series of the same name, produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and starring Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul.
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Truth Be Told — kathleen barber. Originally published as “Are You Sleeping” Now a series on AppleTV+. The only thing more dangerous than a lie…is the truth. Josie Buhrman has spent the last ten years trying to escape her family and with good reason.
Kathleen Barber’s first novel, Truth Be Told (formerly titled Are You Sleeping), has been adapted for television by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. Kathleen was raised in Galesburg, Illinois, and is a graduate of the University of Illinois and Northwestern University School of Law. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and son.
9781501157660. Are You Sleeping, the debut novel of Kathleen Barber, is a murder mystery. [1] [2] Barber draws on her knowledge of the law, practicing in Chicago and New York. Barber acknowledges that she was influenced by the Serial podcast, and a key element of the novel is a podcast that looks into the case of a prisoner who may have been ...
- Kathleen Barber
- Mystery
- 2017
- Aug 1, 2017
Barber is the author of the novel Are You Sleeping. This debut fictional novel was released for public consumption in 2017 and was instantly a hit among readers and critics. It is set in the genre of suspense and psychological thriller mystery fiction.
Photo credit: Tim Coburn. Kathleen Barber is the author of Truth Be Told (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, August 2017, originally published as Are You Sleeping ), which was adapted into a series on AppleTV+ by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine media company, and Follow Me (Gallery Books, February 2020).
