International bestselling author Wendy M. Barnhart (formerly Wendy Terrien) received her first library card at age two, and a few years later started writing her own stories.
Her debut novel, The Rampart Guards (February 2016), earned a Kirkus starred review and was named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2016. Next in her series are Jason’s book two - The League of Governors (August 2017), and Sadie’s book two - The Clan Calling (August 2017), both award winners. Book three in the series (and the fourth physical book) is The Forge of Bonds (February 2020).
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Wendy graduated from the University of Utah (go Utes!) and relocated to Colorado where she completed her MBA at the University of Denver. She focused her marketing expertise on the financial and technology industries until a career coach stepped in and reminded Wendy of her passion for writing. Inspired, Wendy leaped and began attending writers’ conferences, workshops, and retreats, and the storytelling hasn’t stopped since.
She is on the board of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is a member of Pikes Peak Writers, the Colorado Authors League, and the Authors Guild.
Wendy lives in the Denver area and is a proud dog mom. She’s team dark chocolate, a fan of technology, and believes every dose of nature nurtures the soul. Wendy is also committed to promoting pet adoption from rescues or shelters as the best way to bring home a furry family member. If you’re in Colorado, you may even spot her “Adopt a Shelter Pet” license plates.
Other Fun Facts
Wendy went skydiving once, and was enjoying the experience so much that she forgot to pull the rip cord. Thankfully (and obviously), it was a tandem jump so her instructor made sure the parachute opened.
She worked as a used car salesperson for one day. (And recommends you shy away from buying used rental cars…).
Wendy loves scuba diving and actually asked one dive master to help her find sharks. And they did find about seven white tipped reef sharks (who seemed a bit confused as to why people were suddenly swimming around them).
She also has little fear of spiders or snakes, and has been known to catch them in her bare hands to put them outside (usually spiders; only one time did she catch a snake in the house, and it was just a garter snake; adorable).
She has been fingerprinted (which had to do with selling the used cars for one day; no criminal record as of the time of this posting). :)
She won her first writing contest in eighth grade when she wrote an essay for the prompt “Look Out Your Window, What Do You See?” She currently has the trophy for her big win sitting on a shelf in her office.
Wendy is a tree hugger and loves, loves, loves animals.
