She spent more than 20 years living abroad – in England, France, The Gambia, Senegal and Seychelles – before returning to Bermuda, where she has primarily worked as a lecturer since the 1990s.
Barry's elder sister is London-based circuit judge Patricia Dangor,[3] and their brother is Bermuda parliamentarian Bob Richards.
She went on to the University of York, obtaining a BA (Hons) degree in English & Comparative Literature,[6] then the Sorbonne in Paris where she studied French for two years.
[1] George Lamming in his endorsement of the collection states that it "displays an astonishing virtuosity in bringing together the multiple narratives that define the Atlantic adventure."
"[1] In 2008 the Brian Burland Prize for Fiction was jointly awarded to Barry for Endangered Species and to Rawle Frederick for A Ballad of Orange Valley.
It is a story of bridging distances, both physical and psychic, between Africa and the Caribbean, London and St. Lucia, damnation and redemption in the lives families torn apart by an estranging ocean.
[18][19] Barry's work has also been published in various journals, including the Bermudian Magazine, Massachusetts Review, The Caribbean Writer, BIM: Arts for the 21st Century, and Anales Caribe.