Bill Barich is the author of numerous books, including Crazy for Rivers, Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California, the novel Carson Valley, and his racetrack classic, Laughing in the Hills. In addition, he has had work included in Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays. As a screenwriter Barich has worked on such shows as NYPD Blue and HBO’s Luck, 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:
- 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