David Moloney worked in the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections, New Hampshire, from 2007 to 2011. He received a BA in English and creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he now teaches. He lives north of Boston with his family.
David Moloney's debut novel follows the story of nine New Hampshire correctional officers over the course of one year on the job. While veteran guards get by on what they consider survival strategies --- including sadistic power-mongering and obsessive voyeurism --- two rookies, including the only female officer on her shift, develop their own tactics for facing “the system.” Tracking their subtly intertwined lives, BARKER HOUSE reveals the precarious world of the jailers, coming to a head when the unexpected death of one in their ranks brings them together.
