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Councilwoman Berland Presents Proclamation to Author Barbara Taylor Bradford

Author: Kristen Gaumont
Article Date: 01/27/06


Councilwoman Susan A. Berland Presents Proclamation to Author Barbara Taylor Bradford

January 26, 2006 – Huntington Councilwoman Susan A. Berland and the Town of Huntington proudly presented a proclamation to author Barbara Taylor Bradford at the Book Revue in Huntington Village Thursday night. The accomplished author signed books and discussed her new novel, "Just Rewards" to a very enthusiastic crowd.

For over twenty years, Barbara Taylor Bradford has sold more than 60 million books in 39 languages in 89 countries. Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel "A Woman of Substance" was published in 1979, and stayed on the New York Times Bestseller List for 15 months, followed by 13 other bestsellers. Ms. Taylor Bradford holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Leeds. The University's Brotherton Library also houses her original manuscripts which are displayed next to those other famous Yorkshire writers, the Brontë sisters. She also holds Honorary Doctorates of Letters from the University of Bradford in Yorkshire and Connecticut's Teikyo Post University.

Barbara Taylor Bradford serves on the Board of PAL, the Police Athletic League, a charity for underprivileged children, and is on the Council of the Authors Guild of America. She became an American citizen in 1992. She and her husband live in Manhattan.




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