Barbara Greenwood


Barbara Greenwood is a Canadian educator and author of children's books.
The daughter of George A. Auer and Anne Fisher, she was born Barbara Auer in Toronto. She attended Toronto Teachers College and then received a BA from the University of Toronto. She taught elementary school for a number of years and later taught creative writing in high school and to adult students.
She has been president of the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers. She also edited a number of books published by CANSCAIP.
Her story "A Major Resolution" received the Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award. She has written short stories and articles for the Canadian Children's Annual and various anthologies.
In 1966, she married Robert E. Greenwood; the couple had four children.

Selected works