In 2000, he founded a national award to honor outstanding young people who help their communities or the environment: the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, which honors 25 highly diverse, public-spirited kids each year. So in 1990, he surprised his business partners by moving back to Colorado to become a writer and conservationist. He joined a successful business, eventually became president, then decided to try again. Though he’d dreamed as a young man of becoming a writer, he couldn’t find anyone to publish his first novel. They include The Lost Years of Merlin (now being developed into a feature film), The Great Tree of Avalon (a New York Times bestselling series), The Ancient One (the tale of a brave girl and a magical tree), and The Hero’s Trail (nonfiction stories of courageous kids). Barron is the author of more than 30 highly acclaimed books, many of which are international bestsellers. He is the winner of the de Grummond Medallion for “lifetime contribution to the field of children’s and young adult literature” and many other awards. Barron grew up in Colorado ranch country and traveled widely as a Rhodes Scholar.
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