Fredrick Barton

Fredrick Barton (aka, Rick Barton) is an American novelist and well-known New Orleans film critic. He is the author of five novels: ''The El Cholo Feeling Passes'', ''Courting Pandemonium'', ''With Extreme Prejudice'' (reissued as ''Black and White on the Rocks''), ''A House Divided'' and ''In the Wake of the Flagship''. He has also published a book of essays on “faith, love, politics and movies” titled ''Rowing to Sweden''.

Barton holds a BA from Valparaiso University, an M.A. from UCLA, an MFA from the University of Iowa, and an honorary Ph.D. from Valparaiso University. He was the founding director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of New Orleans, where he also served as Dean of Liberal Arts and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and now serves as Writer in Residence. Barton lives in New Orleans. Provided by Wikipedia