Barbara Gregorich’s love of idioms, humor, and early readers is reflected in her most recent children’s books, Waltur Buys a Pig in a Poke and Other Stories, and Waltur Paints Himself into a Corner and Other Stories, published by Houghton Mifflin. In addition she has written storybooks, activity books, and filmstrips for a variety of educational publishers, including School Zone Publications, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, Scott Foresman, Society for Visual Education, and J. Weston Walch. She is one of the ghostwriters for Albert Whitman and Company's Boxcar Children series.

In the adult field, her best-known book is Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball (Harcourt, 1993). Having lived in Cleveland, Boston, and Chicago and having been a baseball fan from the time she can remember, Barbara has always wanted the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs to win the World Series . . . in her lifetime. She is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Barbara earned her B.A. in literature and history from Kent State University; her M.A. in literature from the University of Wisconsin; and she completed postgraduate courses in American Studies at Harvard University. A former English instructor at Kent State University and Cuyahoga Community College, she also worked as a typesetter for the Boston Globe and Chicago Tribune and a letter carrier for the US Postal Service.

In addition to writing, Barbara teaches workshops on writing adult fiction, adult nonfiction, and children’s books. She is a member of the Authors Guild; Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators; Mystery Writers of America; Sisters in Crime; and Private Eye Writers of America.

Not content to weave stories all day long, Barbara has taken up weaving baskets and is a member of the National Basketry Organization. As she writes and weaves, she listens to live music on the hammered dulcimer, played by her husband, Phil Passen.