Barrie Jean Borich

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

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