Bill Barich’s books include Crazy for Rivers; A Pint of Plain; Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California; the novel Carson Valley; and the racetrack classic Laughing in the Hills. He’s written scripts for NYPD Blue and David Milch’s Luck on HBO, an experience he recounted in “On Luck: A Screenwriter’s Education.” A longtime Bay Area resident, he now lives in Dublin, Ireland.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- The Gambler, a memoir, in Narrative Backstage
- Antibes 1926: The Torment of Scott Fitzgerald, an essay, in Winter 2025
- In London Town, a memoir, in Stories of the Week: 2024
- Order, Discipline, and Decorum, a memoir, in Stories of the Week: 2022–2023
- A Palazzo in Florence, a memoir, in Winter 2023
- The Most Dangerous Book: Ulysses at One Hundred, an essay, in Spring 2022
- A Trailer by the River, a memoir, in Winter 2022
- Rupert Murdoch & Me, a memoir, in Spring 2021
- Bioko, a short story, in Winter 2021
- An English Christmas, a memoir, in Stories of the Week: 2020–2021
- Hoopster, a memoir, in Winter 2020
- Plain Lucky, a memoir, in Fall 2019
- Dublin Christmas, an essay, in Stories of the Week: 2018–2019
- Derby Day, a memoir, in Stories of the Week: 2017–2018
- The Gold-Toothed Dude’s Big Score, a memoir, in Spring 2018
- The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man, a memoir, in Winter 2018
- Saving Planet Earth, a memoir, in Spring 2017
- Trump: The Nature of His Game, an essay, in Fall 2016
- A Weary Desperado, a memoir, in Spring 2016
- That Summer, with Horses, a novel excerpt, in Spring 2015
- Cavagnaro’s Bar & Grill, an essay, in Spring 2014
- Reckless Disregard: The Politics of Insincerity, an essay, in Fall 2012
- On Luck: A Screenwriter’s Education, an essay, in Winter 2013
- One Pound Sterling, an essay, in Winter 2009
- True Believers, an essay, in Fall 2005
- Houseboys, a memoir, in Fall 2007
- A Real Writer, an essay, in Spring 2005