Featured Author: Barry Maher

Barry Maher does not fit neatly into any single box and that’s exactly what makes his work so compelling.

Before turning to fiction, Barry lived many lives. He wrote for hundreds of publications, worked nearly as many jobs, lived on the beach (not by it), and later spoke professionally to audiences around the world after a stint with a Fortune 100 company. You may have seen him on The Today Show, CNN, CBS, or CNBC, or read his syndicated column, Slightly Off-Kilter. Along the way, he even managed to be incarcerated twice — stories he recounts with trademark humor and humility.

His path to fiction took a dramatic turn after a life-altering experience: a baseball-sized cancerous brain tumor that temporarily robbed him of his sense of time. When he woke from surgery, the tumor was gone but a story remained. That story became The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon, a darkly funny supernatural thriller set in California in 1982.

Barry’s writing blends sharp wit, psychological tension, horror, and an unexpected emotional depth. Praised by numerous bestselling authors, his novel is both unsettling and wildly entertaining — the kind of book that refuses to behave, yet lingers long after the final page.

Book: The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon

Genre: Supernatural Thriller

Find the book: Available on Amazon https://amzn.to/4qVCiVx

Website: www.barrymaher.com

Short Excerpt

''Okay, let me start by admitting that I was an asshole. I know that.

The world was the same back then. It just wasn’t the world we thought it was.

The clock said one thing. The night said another.

That made about as much sense as anything else in my life.''

Hidden Voices is proud to feature Barry Maher — a writer whose voice is fearless, off-kilter, and unapologetically alive.