Barbara Seeber

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Descended from six generations of Texans, Barbara H. Seeber tells the story of an ancestor, Sarah Seely DeWitt, in her historical novel, The Empresario’s Wife. The novel chronicles the 1826-36 era when empresarios, such as Stephen F. Austin and his friend Green DeWitt, secured land grants from Mexico and pursued dreams of colonization in the trackless wilderness that was to become Texas. Her debut novel, The Empresario’s Wife, published in 2024, won the 2025 IPPY award for Best Regional Fiction and was a Readers’ Favorite Finalist for Best Historical Fiction. The novel reflects Barbara's consuming interest in history. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and two dogs and two cats.


  
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