[1] In 2010, Barer began research on a second edition for McFarland and Co., expanding the time period from 1992 through 2013 to include everything about the character of Simon Templar.
Barer is the author of true crime non-fiction books, including Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne, which was nominated for an Anthony Award by the World Mystery Convention in the category of Best True Crime,[2] Murder in the Family, Body Count, Head Shot, Mom Said Kill, Fatal Beauty, and Broken Doll.
[3] The two authors reunited that same year to write Betrayal in Blue based on the memoir of former corrupt NYPD officer Ken Eurell.
Chet Rogers, Travis Webb, and Donna McCooke are other real people who appear in both his works of fiction and non-fiction.
He contributed "The Alaska Mail Bomb Conspiracy," to the anthology Masters of True Crime, edited by R. Barri Flowers and published by Prometheus Books in 2012.
Barer Cable Advertising, Inc., utilizing a proprietary method of inventory allocation, became the highest grossing interconnect in America, garnering over 1000 X the national average in dollar per subscriber household revenue per month.
In 2013, Barer served as a consultant to the television pilot series, "The Saint," starring Adam Rayner as Simon Templar.
[6] In partnership with Terry McManus, Barer wrote and produced national radio commercials for many touring performers, including Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan.
A compilation by Burl Barer, Selections from the Holy Qurʼan: Translations and Emendations by Shoghi Effendi, appeared as an appendix in James Heggie's Baháʼí References to Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
The show was renamed "True Crime Uncensored" in 2010, and features interviews with authors such as Gregg Olsen, Cathy Scott, and Daniel Genis.