Mike Barnes
Author Mike Barnes steps out from the darkness
Righteous anger—and mental illness—are at the heart of a masterful new noir crime novel
Mike Barnes on the collective fear of Alzheimer’s
The author has one question when he visits his mother: Where is everybody?
Mike Barnes on his favourite places to read
The author, who was once a janitor, hunkered down with his books in a “freighted elevator”
Mike Barnes on living and writing with the beast of mental illness
It has taken me decades to learn how to align the desire to write with severe mental fluctuation
Mike Barnes on being ‘upfront’ about mental illness
The author on the ways in which mental illness helps—not hinders—its sufferers