Etlin, Barbara

Although Barbara Etlin claims to have been an owl in a previous life, there is no evidence to substantiate this. She attended the Erma Bombeck Writer's Workshop twice, so she must be twice as funny. As she used to be. Or something. Besides poetry and journalism, she writes novels for children. She lives in a nest in Toronto with one patient husband, one genius dog, two electronic cats, and about 300 owls. Antique Piano & Other Sour Notes, her first book, is a collection of mostly humorous poems. Maybe by putting them into a book she won't lose them again.