![]() ![]() They gaped when Barron added that he was moving with his wife Currie and their small children to Boulder. Within months, Barron walked into his venture firm and told his partners, who were still congratulating themselves for acquiring profitable businesses like the one that imports Swiss Army knives, and announced that he was resigning as president. L'Engle passed it on to her agent, jump-starting Barron's career as a writer. She saw strength and promise in the manuscript, which combined a quest, astronomy, butterfly lore, and the complex relationship between grandparent and grandchild. ![]() Then Madeleine L'Engle, the Newbery Award-winning writer, saw a draft of Barron's Heartlight. ![]() Barron's book signings, and it's hard to believe that just 10 years ago Barron spent his workdays collecting small and mid-sized business for his New York venture capital firm and his spare time collecting rejections from publishing houses. Barron Official Website Colorado Author Is Living His Dream: Madeleine L’Engle helped ‘Merlin’ writer leap By Claire Martin The Denver Post OctoLook at the crowds clutching numbers for their places in line at T.A. ![]()
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