Barbara Backer, MEd, is an early childhood consultant and freelance writer who taught preschool for 20 years. She has written extensively for preschool teachers and parents of preschool children, having authored more than a dozen books and published over one hundred articles in magazines such as Woman's Day, Parent & Child, First Teacher, Highlights for Children, and Early Childhood News. Barbara received an award for Distinguished Merit in Education Publishing from the Education Press of America (EdPress) and a journalism award from the National Stuttering Foundation of America.
Barbara Backer lives in Charleston, South Carolina.