Barbara Ann Kipfer

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Barbara Ann Kipfer (born 1954) is a linguist and lexicographer. She has written more than 50 books, including 14,000 Things to be Happy About (Workman), which has more than a million copies in print and has given rise to many Page-a-Day calendars.[1] She was the editor of the sixth edition of Roget's International Thesaurus.[2].

She holds a PhD and MPhil in Linguistics from the University of Exeter, a PhD in Archaeology from Greenwich University, an MA and PhD in Buddhist Studies also from Akamai University, and a BS in physical education from Valparaiso University. She is lexicographer for Federated Media Publishing. Kipfer has worked for such companies as Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, Reference.com, Answers.com, Ask Jeeves, idealab, Mindmaker, General Electric Research, IBM Research, Wang, Bellcore (Telcordia), Cymfony, Textwise, Knowledge Adventure and Wolfram Alpha.

[edit] Works

Workman Publishing:

  • 14,000 Things to be Happy About
  • Instant Karma
  • 8,789 Words of Wisdom
  • The Wish List
  • 1,400 Things for Kids to be Happy About
  • Self-Meditation
  • The Order of Things

Random House:

  • 4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone
  • Life of Language
  • Trivia Lovers’ Book of Lists

HarperCollins

  • Roget's International Thesaurus
  • Dictionary of American Slang

Ulysses Press:

  • 201 Little Buddhist Reminders
  • 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy

Kluwer Plenum:

  • Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology

Blackwell:

  • Archaeologist's Fieldwork Companion
  • Dictionary of Artifacts

Wiley:

[edit] References

  1. ^ thingstobehappyabout.com
  2. ^ Roget's International Thesaurus, 6th edition, isbn 9780062726932

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