Erin Barrett


Erin Barrett is an author, trivia writer, and life coach. 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". They were relied upon by game shows such as Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and have generated over 30,000 trivia questions for online games. Barrett has a decade of work within the wine industry.

Personal life

Barrett grew up in South East Asia. She attended Samford University and has a BA in Humanities from the New College of California. Currently she lives in Fremont, California.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

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.

Works and Publications