Barrie Jean Borich

American writer

Barrie Jean Borich
Occupation	Memoirist, academic
Nationality	American
Period	1990s-present
Notable works	My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, Body Geographic
Spouse	Linnea Stenson^[1]

Barrie Jean Borich is an American writer. She is best known for her memoirs My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage,^[2] which won a Stonewall Book Award in 2000 and was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for Lesbian Biography at the 12th Lambda Literary Awards, and Body Geographic,^[2] which won the Lambda for Lesbian Biography/Memoir at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards.^[3]

Originally from Chicago, Illinois,^[1] she spent much of her adult life living in Minneapolis, Minnesota until returning to Chicago in 2012 to teach creative writing at DePaul University.^[1]

Works

Restoring the Color of Roses (1993, ISBN 978-1563410277)
My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage (1999, ISBN 978-1555973100)
Body Geographic (2013, ISBN 978-0803239852)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Following her inner compass". Chicago Tribune, January 31, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Barrie Jean Borich writes a tale of two cities". Minneapolis Post, March 14, 2013.
^ "Lambda Awards honor best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books". The Washington Post, June 2, 2014.