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  <name><![CDATA[Sam Barry]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Sam Barry is the author of the humor-inspiration book How to Play the Harmonica: and Other Life Lessons (Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2009) and co-author of a forthcoming book about writing and publishing (Summer 2010). He writes a monthly column in BookPage called &quot;The Author Enablers&quot; with his wife, author Kathi Kamen Goldmark, offering down-to-earth advice, reality checks, and encouragement to aspiring authors. The Author Enablers also have a blog.

Sam works for HarperOne, a division of HarperCollins. He is also a musician and music teacher who plays in and around San Francisco in the band Los Train Wreck and tours with the all-author rock band the Rock Bottom Remainders. Sam is a regular performer on the national radio show West Coast Live. Sam is the father of two children, Daniel and Laura. 
]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Kurt Vonnegut, Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare, Dave Barry]]></influences>    <hometown>Armonk, New York</hometown>  <born_at>01/26/1957</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[How To Play the Harmonica: and Other Life Lessons]]></title>
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