Barbara Restle was born in Paris of American parents, educated in Vienna and after Austria was annexed to Germany, signaling the beginning of WW II, the family sailed home to the U...view moreBarbara Restle was born in Paris of American parents, educated in Vienna and after Austria was annexed to Germany, signaling the beginning of WW II, the family sailed home to the United States. She earned her BA degree from Ernie Pyle School of Journalism, Indiana University, has published several books: non-fiction under her married name and fiction under her maiden name, Barbara Blackledge. She has been active in environmental causes and was elected to a two-year term as President of the Sassasafras Audubon Society in Indiana. Most of her Monroe County, IN farm is now part of a 600 acre wetland refuge. Barbara worked as consultant in the South Pacific on a 3,000 acre cattle scheme funded by the World Bank. She has lived in the Meadowood Retirement Community since 2006.view less