Winther, Barbara

Barbara Winther was born in Washington D.C. and lived her early childhood with her grandmother on an island in Maine. She graduated as an English Major from the University of California, Los Angeles (U.C.L.A) and did post graduate work at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), where she received her teaching credential. For ten years she taught elementary school. With her husband, she owned and operated Old Bear Trading Company, dealing in Native American art, which led to six years of teaching seminars for the University of California. An avid world traveler, she has written 53 o...