Barbara Hambly | |
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Born | San Diego, California, U.S. | August 28, 1951
Pen name | Barbara Hamilton |
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Alma mater | University of California, Riverside |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, historical fiction |
Notable awards | Lord Ruthven Award (1996) |
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Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction.
She is the author of the bestselling Benjamin January mystery series featuring a free man of color, a musician and physician, in New Orleans in the antebellum years. She also wrote a novel about Mary Todd Lincoln.
Her science fiction novels occur within an explicit multiverse, as well as within previously existing settings (notably as established by Star Trek and Star Wars).