Barbara Gregorich

Barbara Gregorich intended to write "Exit Velocity" back in the 1960s but got swept up in the staggering social-justice events of the times: the war in Vietnam, Black Liberation, and the struggle for Equality for Women. By the time the sixties settled, Gregorich was teaching college English courses. From there, she went on to become a typesetter, then a postal letter carrier, a writer-producer of educational filmstrips, and, finally, a novelist. "She's on First" was published in 1987. From the...See more

Barbara Gregorich intended to write "Exit Velocity" back in the 1960s but got swept up in the staggering social-justice events of the times: the war in Vietnam, Black Liberation, and the struggle for Equality for Women. By the time the sixties settled, Gregorich was teaching college English courses. From there, she went on to become a typesetter, then a postal letter carrier, a writer-producer of educational filmstrips, and, finally, a novelist. "She's on First" was published in 1987. From the time she was eleven years old, she wanted to be either a writer or a professional baseball player. Or, perhaps, both. The major leagues were closed to women -- but that didn't mean Gregorich couldn't write about women playing hardball. After her novel came the highly acclaimed nonfiction work, "Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball." And then, finally, the road of writing and the road of social justice converged. In 2021 she published "The F Words", a YA novel about teen rights and "Exit Velocity" in 2024. See less