Barrett, Carla is a Texas-born romance writer whose work blends weather, wanderlust, and the messy, luminous business of the heart. Raised in Corpus Christi, she studied atmospheric science at Florida State University and spent nearly a decade as a weather producer in Orlando before earning an MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Florida. Her short fiction has appeared in regional journals, and she was a finalist for a national romance award in 2016. She teaches community workshops, mentors first-generation writers, and volunteers with SKYWARN. Barrett lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, with a rescue greyhound and an ever-growing collection of vintage pilot logbooks.
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