He has been married twice; his 2nd married woman was creator Kara Dalkey. In a 2nd & third books of the Million Open Doors series, the protagonist Giraut Leones lives hard married tensions. It has been widely claimed that these reflect andy skinner's have frustration sustaining a disintegration of his 2nd marriage, however a ensuing statement appears in a acknowledgments of THE ARMIES OF MEMORY, the 4th book in the series (April 2006).

"Acknowledgment and a Word about the Usual Autobiographical Note

"Our habit of dropping bits of autobiography into a acknowledgments has got of these burden that needs quick correction, since it has resulted inside something silly which touches a reputation of an guiltless human. the fact that I personally went across the painful 2nd divorcement deuce years fallowing the publication of Globe Manufactured of Glass (which depicts, among more items, a painful divorcement) has led to confusion following around a frequent low, & progressively frequent around print, assertion that Globe Mass produced of Glass is somehow "about" that divorcement. This is unlikely, at a least, since, I personally don't seem to use the foresight to project till a prevent of the week, & for Globe Processed of Glass to st& been just astir our 2nd divorcement would postulate about foursome years of foresight: Globe Processed of Glass was substantially complete around late August of 1996 (from either an outline written inside 1995), given a final revision within the spring of 1997, and foremost published in April, 1998. A cases that led to a real-globe divorcement did non occur until a spring & summertime of 2000 (the divorcement was final within Might 2001).

"Nor do the facts of either my first or second divorce much resemble those of Giraut's, nor does either of my ex-wives much resemble the fictional Margaret. (For one thing, they're both very attractive, and for another thing, neither of them is a ruthless killer, as my continued presence attests).

"These are probably benevolent of numerous readers & reviewers to consider that I personally personally personally was expressing or even venting something I required to bring out, like than looking for something horrible for its have sake, inside Globe Processed of Glass & A Merchandiser of Persons, however around fairness to everyone, particularly to a ex-ex, I must admit that the books were written to choose something horrible, & occasionally items of low beauty, for their have sake. A ugliness around people books is there because We was interested in this flavor of ugliness; We've since touched in to more flavors." (Barnes, THE ARMIES OF MEMORY, copyedited ms. in preparation for publication, August 2005, manuscript pages 435-436)

Bibliography
The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky (1987) Sin of Origin (1988) Orbital Resonance (1991) (Century Next Door series) A Million Open Doors (1993) (Million Open Doors series) Mother of Storms (1995) Encounter With Tiber, with Buzz Aldrin (1996) Kaleidoscope Century (1996) (Century Next Door series) One For the Morning Glory (1996) ''Patton's Spaceship (1997) (Timeline Wars series) Washington's Dirigible (1997) (Timeline Wars series) Caesar's Bicycle (1997) (Timeline Wars series) Timeline Wars (1997) (omnibus volume) Apostrophes and Apocalypses (1998)(collection) Earth Made of Glass (1999) (Million Open Doors series) Finity (1999) Candle (2000) (Century Next Door series) The Return, with Buzz Aldrin (2001) The Merchants of Souls (2002) (Million Open Doors series) The Sky So Big and Black (2002) (Century Next Door series) Duke of Uranium (2002) (Jak Jinnaka series) A Princess of the Aerie (2003) (Jak Jinnaka series) In the Hall of the Martian King (2003) (Jak Jinnaka series) Gaudeamus (2004) The Armies of Memory'' (2006) (Million Open Doors series)

Awards
Nebula Award Best Novel nominee (1992) : Orbital Resonance Nebula Award Best Novel nominee (1993) : A Million Open Doors Hugo Award Best Novel nominee (1995) : Mother of Storms Nebula Award Best Novel nominee (1996) : Mother of Storms

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