Barbara Gregorich

Barbara Gregorich writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her novel She’s on First was called “the best book that’s written on the idea of the first woman to play professional baseball,” and her nonfiction title, Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, won the SABR-Macmillan Award for Best Baseball Research of the Year. Barbara’s Chicago detective Frank Dragovic solves mysteries in Dirty Proof and Sound Proof. Midwest Book Review called her Guide to Writing the Mystery Novel: Lots of Examples, Plus Dead Bodies “an accessible primer for writers of all skill and experience levels.” Barbara's most recent book is one she has wanted to write since the age of sixteen: Charlie Chan's Poppa: Earl Derr Biggers.