Biography

Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers. Gifford writes nonfiction, poetry, and is best known for his series of novels about Sailor and Lula, two star-crossed protagonists on a perpetual road trip.

Books by Barry Gifford

Ghost Years
Ghost Years
2024
Night People #1
Night People #1
2024
No Daylight in That Face
No Daylight in That Face
2024
Boy Who Ran Away to Sea
Boy Who Ran Away to Sea
2022
How Chet Baker Died
How Chet Baker Died
2022
Black Sun Rising / la Corazona
Black Sun Rising / la Corazonada
2020
Roy's World : Stories
Roy's World : Stories
2020
Cavalry Charges
Cavalry Charges
2019
Sailor & Lula, Expanded Edition
Sailor & Lula, Expanded Edition
2019
Cuban Club
Cuban Club
2018
Stars above Veracruz
Stars above Veracruz
2018
The Cuban club
The Cuban club
2017
The up-down
The up-down
2015
Hoteles de paso
Hoteles de paso
2014
The Roy stories
The Roy stories
2013
Imagining Paradise
Imagining Paradise
2012
Jack's Book Lib/E
Jack's Book Lib/E
2012
Sailor & Lula
Sailor & Lula
2010
The imagination of the heart
The imagination of the heart
2009
Memories from a sinking ship
Memories from a sinking ship
2007
The cavalry charges
The cavalry charges
2007
El libro de Jack
El libro de Jack
2006
Las cuatro reinas =
Las cuatro reinas =
2006
Les Aveugles font-ils des rêve
Les Aveugles font-ils des rêves?
2005
The Stars Above Veracruz
The Stars Above Veracruz
2005
Back in America
Back in America
2004
Brando rides alone
Brando rides alone
2004
Do the blind dream?
Do the blind dream?
2004
The rooster trapped in the reptile room
The rooster trapped in the reptile room
2003
La légende de marble lesson (n
La légende de marble lesson (nø387)
2001
Replies to Wang Wei
Replies to Wang Wei
2001
La Vida Desenfrenada de Sailor
La Vida Desenfrenada de Sailor y Lula
1999
Wild Life of Sailor and Lula
Wild Life of Sailor and Lula
1999
77 Strange Sensations
77 Strange Sensations
1998
Le père fantôme
Le père fantôme
1998
Pendez-moi haut et court-- et autres chroniques sur le film noir
Pendez-moi haut et court-- et autres chroniques sur le film noir
1998
Perdita Durango. Das Buch zum Film
Perdita Durango. Das Buch zum Film
1998
Sinaloa Story ("Rebel Inc")
Sinaloa Story ("Rebel Inc")
1998
The Sinaloa story
The Sinaloa story
1998
Flaubert at Key West
Flaubert at Key West
1997
The phantom father
The phantom father
1997
Le Baiser de Consuelo suivi de
Le Baiser de Consuelo suivi de "Rude journée pour l'Homme-Léopard"
1996
Wild at Heart (Gifford, Barry)
Wild at Heart (Gifford, Barry)
1996
Baby Cat-Face
Baby Cat-Face
1995
Hotel room trilogy
Hotel room trilogy
1995
Jour de chance pour Sailor
Jour de chance pour Sailor
1995
La légende de Marble Lesson
La légende de Marble Lesson
1995
Night People (Gifford, Barry)
Night People (Gifford, Barry)
1994
Paysage avec voyageur
Paysage avec voyageur
1994
Le baiser de Consuelo
Le baiser de Consuelo
1993
Wild at Heart/59 Degrees & Rai
Wild at Heart/59 Degrees & Raining
1993
59 Degrees and Raining
59 Degrees and Raining
1992
59o and Raining
59o and Raining
1992
A good man to know
A good man to know
1992
Perdita Durango
Perdita Durango
1992
The wild life of Sailor and Lula
The wild life of Sailor and Lula
1992
La historia de Saylor y Lula
La historia de Saylor y Lula
1991
New mysteries of Paris
New mysteries of Paris
1991
Sailor et Lula
Sailor et Lula
1991
Sailor's holiday
Sailor's holiday
1991
Wild At Heart [Fil Tie-In]
Wild At Heart [Fil Tie-In]
1990
Ghosts no horse can carry
Ghosts no horse can carry
1988
Giotto's Circle
Giotto's Circle
1988
The Devil thumbs a ride, and other unforgettable films
The Devil thumbs a ride, and other unforgettable films
1988
Saroyan a Biography
Saroyan a Biography
1987
An unfortunate woman
An unfortunate woman
1984
Francis goes to the seashore
Francis goes to the seashore
1982
Beautiful Phantoms
Beautiful Phantoms
1981
The neighborhood of baseball
The neighborhood of baseball
1981
Landscape with traveler
Landscape with traveler
1980
Port Tropique
Port Tropique
1980
Horse hauling timber out of Hokkaido forest
Horse hauling timber out of Hokkaido forest
1979
Les vies parallèles de Jack Kerouac
Les vies parallèles de Jack Kerouac
1979
Jack's Book
Jack's Book
1978
Poems from Snail Hut
Poems from Snail Hut
1978
Letters to Proust
Letters to Proust
1976
The boy you have always loved
The boy you have always loved
1976
From persimmons
From persimmons
1974
A boy's novel
A boy's novel
1973
Coyote Tantras
Coyote Tantras
1973
Coyote tantras, and other poem
Coyote tantras, and other poems
1973
Kerouac's town
Kerouac's town
1973
Cuore Selvaggio
Cuore Selvaggio
Wild Life of Sailor and Lulu
Wild Life of Sailor and Lulu