Brightside Story Studio helps writers craft fiction or memoir. We love working closely with our clients to achieve their writing goals.
Andrea Barton, Founder
- Andrea Barton. Photo by Susan Bradfield Photography
Besides running Brightside Story Studio, Andrea is Editorial Head – Adult Nonfiction/Fiction at NAC. Her novel, LOST IN LAGOS, was long-listed in the 2021 Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize. She has written the Sam and Sue Adventure Series, illustrated by Whitney Van Nuis. With Gail Collins, she compiled, edited and wrote two anthologies about expat adventures Nigerian Gems and Papua New Guinea Pearls. Eight of her stage productions have been produced in Lagos, Nigeria and two were performed at Woodlands Preparatory School in Houston, Texas. She also writes The Winding Narrative Blog.
An electrical engineer turned career consultant, Andrea spent 12 years enjoying the exhilaration and dislocation of life as an expat spouse. With her husband and two sons, she lived in Nigeria, USA and Qatar before repatriating to Melbourne, Australia. Along the way, she developed a passion for ballroom and Latin dance, helped to build a school, got stuck in the sand (in a 4WD) in both the Doha and Australian deserts (not at the same time) and had a hallucinogenic experience in Peru.
Andrea is represented by NAC literary agency. She is a member of Writers Victoria and the Institute of Professional Editors.
