Born in 1940, he was a journalist, folksinger, actor and golfer. He once acted with Jack Nicholson in a TV drama and was once the youngest pro golfer in Canada. He wrote the children's book Gregory and Alexander (Orca Book Publishers, 2003) [Illustrated by Kim LaFave]. Barringer was the first editor of Monday magazine. He died in 1996.

[BCBW 2003]