Erin Barrett (born 1968) is an author, trivia writer, and life coach.
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| Born | Leigh Erin Barrett April 15, 1968 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New College of California |
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Biography edit
Erin Barrett was born in 1968. She grew up in South East Asia. She attended Samford University and has a BA in Humanities from the New College of California.[1] Currently she lives in Fremont, California.
She and her ex-husband Jack Mingo are co-founders and co-writers of the Ask Jeeves series of trivia books which published selected "questions as they flowed, unedited, into the well-known Web site".[2] They were relied upon by game shows such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[3] and have generated over 30,000 trivia questions for online games.[4] Barrett has a decade of work within the wine industry.[5]
On February 27, 2004, Barrett appeared as one of the Three Wise Men, a lifeline introduced in the U.S., on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Selected works edit
- Just Curious, Jeeves: What Are the 1001 Most Intriguing Questions Asked on the Internet? (2000) ISBN 193010801X
- Just Curious About History, Jeeves (2002) ISBN 0743427092
- Just Curious About Animals and Nature, Jeeves (2002) ISBN 0743427106
- Doctors Killed George Washington: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Medicine (2002) ISBN 1573247197
- Not Another Apple for the Teacher: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Education (2002) ISBN 1573247235
- Random Kinds Of Factness: 1001(or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (Mostly) Everything (2005) ISBN 1573242128
- Just Curious about Science, Jeeves (2003) ISBN 0743427114
- It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer: Facts from the World of Writing and Publishing (2003) ISBN 1573247227
- W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion (2003) ISBN 031228750X
- Cause of Death: A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us (2009) ISBN 1416554793
References edit
- ^ "Erin Barrett". LinkedIn. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ "Waiting For the Check From Fiji". SFGate. June 23, 2000. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ "It Takes a Certain Type to Be a Writer". OverDrive. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ Barrett, Erin (2002). Dracula was a lawyer : hundreds of fascinating facts from the world of law. Conari Press. p. 217. ISBN 1573247189.
- ^ Baedeker, Rob (January 18, 2010). "The intentional renters: An Alameda couple reflects on the hidden costs of home ownership". SFGate. Retrieved January 11, 2019.