Barbara Hacha

Barbara Hacha writes both fiction and nonfiction and is a freelance editor of textbooks in the humanities, computer-related books, and works of fiction. She is also a photographer who occasionally exhibits in the Cleveland area.

LINE BY LINE is her first novel, and was a 2011 Finalist in the Best New Fiction category of the USA "Best Books 2011" Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. LINE BY LINE also received a Bronze medal in Historical Fiction from the Independent Publisher (IPPY) Awards in 2012, and was awarded a BRAG Medallion on Goodreads. In 2014, LINE BY LINE was an Eric Hoffer Award Winner in the Legacy Fiction category.

Her research on hobos inspired her to travel to Britt, Iowa, to attend the 111th and 113th National Hobo Conventions, where she met present-day and former hobos. She collected hobo history, interviews, and traditions of the National Hobo Convention, which are included in Mulligan Stew, her nonfiction book about the hobo culture. Mulligan Stew also was awarded a BRAG Medallion.