Barbara Woollett
Born on 30 January 1937 in Southampton, where she has lived ever since.
Educated at Sholing Secondary School for Girls; married David Woollett, an engineer; they have three children and six grandchildren.
She has been a full-time housewife and mother, a volunteer ward assistant in a large city hospital, and a mature student for a GCSE in Drama, as well as being active in a local amateur dramatic group.
She is a member of the Jubilate Group. She has written several hymn texts, Psalm versions and other verses.
Publications featuring her work include \\\'Church Family Worship\\\' (1988); \\\'Come, Rejoice\\\' (1989); \\\'Songs from the Psalms\\\' (1990); \\\'Psalms for Today\\\' (1990) which has four of her paraphrases; \\\'Let\\\'s Praise 2\\\' (1994); \\\'Sing Glory\\\' (1999); and \\\'Praise!\\\' (2000).
Appearing in several books are her versions of Psalm 13, \\\'How long, O Lord, will your forget an answer to my prayer\\\'; and Psalm 84, \\\'How lovely is your dwelling-place, O Lord most high\\\'. Among North American hymnals, \\\'The Worshiping Church\\\' (1990) has three of her texts and \\\'Worship and Rejoice\\\' (2001) has two, all of these from the Psalms.