William Edmund Barrett (November 16, 1900 – September 14, 1986) was an American author.
Born in New York City, he graduated from Manhattan College in 1922 [1]. He married Christine M. Rollman on February 15, 1925. He worked as an aeronautics consultant with the Denver Public Library from 1941 on. He received a citation from Regis College in 1956. He was a member of PEN and the Authors League of America. Barrett was a Roman Catholic.
He was a member of the National Press Club of Washington, D.C. and the Colorado Authors League, serving as its president from 1943–1944.
Three of his novels were made into films: