Author, trivia writer, and life coach
Erin Barrett (born 1968) is an author, trivia writer, and life coach.
Biography
Erin Barrett was born in 1968. She grew up in South East Asia. She attended Samford University and has a BA in Humanities from the New College of California.[1] Currently she lives in Fremont, California.
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".[2] They were relied upon by game shows such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[3] and have generated over 30,000 trivia questions for online games.[4] Barrett has a decade of work within the wine industry.[5]
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.
Selected works
- Just Curious, Jeeves: What Are the 1001 Most Intriguing Questions Asked on the Internet? (2000) ISBN 193010801X
- Just Curious About History, Jeeves (2002) ISBN 0743427092
- Just Curious About Animals and Nature, Jeeves (2002) ISBN 0743427106
- Doctors Killed George Washington: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Medicine (2002) ISBN 1573247197
- Not Another Apple for the Teacher: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Education (2002) ISBN 1573247235
- Random Kinds Of Factness: 1001(or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (Mostly) Everything (2005) ISBN 1573242128
- Just Curious about Science, Jeeves (2003) ISBN 0743427114
- It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer: Facts from the World of Writing and Publishing (2003) ISBN 1573247227
- W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion (2003) ISBN 031228750X
- Cause of Death: A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us (2009) ISBN 1416554793
References
- ^ "Erin Barrett". LinkedIn. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ "Waiting For the Check From Fiji". SFGate. June 23, 2000. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ "It Takes a Certain Type to Be a Writer". OverDrive. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ Barrett, Erin (2002). Dracula was a lawyer : hundreds of fascinating facts from the world of law. Conari Press. p. 217. ISBN 1573247189.
- ^ Baedeker, Rob (January 18, 2010). "The intentional renters: An Alameda couple reflects on the hidden costs of home ownership". SFGate. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
