Barbara Hambly Books In Order
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The Time of the Dark | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Walls of Air | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Armies of Daylight | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mother of Winter | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Icefalcon's Quest | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pretty Polly | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Whisper | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Elsewhere | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sun Wolf and Starhawk Books
The Ladies of Mandrigyn | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Witches of Wenshar | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Hand of Magic | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fairest in the Land | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nanya of the Butterflies | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Night With the Girls | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hazard | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Winterlands (Dragonsbane) Books
Dragonsbane | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragonshadow | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Knight of the Demon Queen | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dragonstar | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Windrose Chronicles Books
The Silent Tower | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silicon Mage | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dog Wizard | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stranger at the Wedding | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Just Like Real People | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of James Asher Books
Those Who Hunt the Night | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Traveling with the Dead | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Maidens | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Magistrates of Hell | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kindred of Darkness | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Darkness on his Bones | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pale Guardian | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prisoner of Midnight | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Beauty and the Beast Books
Beauty and the Beast | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Song of Orpheus | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sun-Cross Books
The Rainbow Abyss | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magicians of Night | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Benjamin January Books
A Free Man of Color | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fever Season | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Graveyard Dust | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sold Down the River | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Die Upon a Kiss | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wet Grave | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Days of the Dead | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Water | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead and Buried | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shirt On His Back | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ran Away | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Good Man Friday | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crimson Angel | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hagar | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Libre | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
There Shall Your Heart Be Also | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time For Every Purpose Under Heaven | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death on the Moon | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Drinking Gourd | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder in July | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cold Bayou | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lady of Perdition | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
House of the Patriarch | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death and Hard Cider | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nubian’s Curse | (2024) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Magic Time Books
Magic Time | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Magic Time | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghostlands | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Silver Screen Historical Mystery Books
Bride of the Rat God | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scandal in Babylon | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Extra Corpse | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sisters of the Raven Books
Sisters of the Raven | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Circle of the Moon | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anne Steelyard: The Garden of Emptiness Books
An Honorary Man | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gate of Dreams and Starlight | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Thousand Waters | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Abigail Adams Books
The Ninth Daughter | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Marked Man | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sup with the Devil | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sherlock Holmes Adventures Books
Sherlock Holmes - Adventure of the Lost Boy | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sherlock Holmes - Adventure of the Sinister Chinaman | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Colossus Films Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Quirinal Hill Affair/Search the Seven Hills | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Emancipator's Wife | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Renfield | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Patriot Hearts | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Homeland | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Iron Princess | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Winterlands Short Stories/Novellas
Shadowbaby | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Princess | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Damselblossom | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hag in the Water | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Windrose Short Stories/Novellas
Corridor | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Firemaggot | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Personal Paradise | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Plus-One | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zenobie | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
And Pretty Maids All In A Row | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Karate Masters vs the Invaders From Outer Space | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Just Like Real People | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Benjamin January Short Stories/Novellas
Hagar | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Libre | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
There Shall Your Heart Be Also | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time For Every Purpose Under Heaven | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death on the Moon | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Sunrise On Running Water | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sherlock Holmes - The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: TOS (Numbered) Books
The Prometheus Design | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Abode of Life | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Fire | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Triangle | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Web of the Romulans | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wounded Sky | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Corona | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rihannsu #01: My Enemy, My Ally | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tears of the Singers | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vulcan Academy Murders | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Uhura's Song | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow Lord | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ishmael | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Killing Time | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pawns and Symbols | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chain of Attack | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bloodthirst | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The IDIC Epidemic | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three-Minute Universe | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vulcan's Glory | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home Is the Hunter | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghost-Walker | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Flag Full of Stars | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Renegade | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prime Directive | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Probe | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rift | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ice Trap | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sanctuary | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Count | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shell Game | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Starship Trap | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From the Depths | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Great Starship Race | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Patrian Transgression | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crossroad | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Recovery | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fearful Summons | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Frontier | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Captain's Daughter | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twilight's End | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rings of Tautee | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Joy Machine | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mudd in Your Eye | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mind Meld | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assignment: Eternity | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vulcan's Heart | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Across the Universe | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Name of Honor | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ex Machina | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Disinherited | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Excelsior: Forged in Fire | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Children of Kings | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cast No Shadow | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Allegiance in Exile | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: TOS (Original) Books
The Klingon Gambit | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Entropy Effect | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Covenant of the Crown | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prometheus Design | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Abode of Life | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wrath Of Khan | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Fire | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Triangle | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Web of the Romulans | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Yesterday's Son | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mutiny on the Enterprise | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wounded Sky | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vulcan Academy Murders | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Trellisane Confrontation | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Corona | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Reflection | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Enemy, My Ally | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tears of the Singers | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Uhura's Song | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow Lord | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ishmael | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Killing Time | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dwellers in the Crucible | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mindshadow | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crisis on Centaurus | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dreadnought! | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time for Yesterday | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Battlestations! | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Demons | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enterprise: The First Adventure | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Romulan Way | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Strangers from the Sky | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deep Domain | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dreams of the Raven | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How Much for Just the Planet? | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Timetrap | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Final Frontier | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The IDIC Epidemic | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three-Minute Universe | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spock's World | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Memory Prime | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Double, Double | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cry of the Onlies | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kobayashi Maru | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enemy Unseen | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rules of Engagement | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pandora Principle | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor's Orders | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home Is the Hunter | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Legacy | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prime Directive | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Probe | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rift | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Faces of Fire | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Disinherited | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best Destiny | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From the Depths | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Windows on a Lost World | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadows on the Sun | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Firestorm | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sarek | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Patrian Transgression | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Traitor Winds | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crossroad | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Recovery | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twilight's End | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rings of Taute | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Strike | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mudd in Your Eye | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vulcan's Forge | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Assignment: Eternity | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vulcan's Heart | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Constitution | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rough Trails | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flaming Arrow | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thin Air | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swordhunt | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honor Blade | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Aliens Are Coming! | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Roundup | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gemini | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Garth of Izar | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ex Machina | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Case of the Colonist's Corpse | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Burning Dreams | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Troublesome Minds | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inception | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unspoken Truth | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Choice of Catastrophes | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rings of Time | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
That Which Divides | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Allegiance in Exile | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil's Bargain | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Weight of Worlds | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Folded World | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shocks of Adversity | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From History's Shadow | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Time Like the Past | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Serpents in the Garden | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The More Things Change | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow of the Machine | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Foul Deeds Will Rise | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Savage Trade | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crisis of Consciousness | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Armageddon's Arrow | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All That's Left | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Child of Two Worlds | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miasma | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Latter Fire | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Elusive Salvation | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Face of the Unknown | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Captain's Oath | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Antares Maelstrom | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Higher Frontier | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Agents of Influence | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Contest of Principles | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Living Memory | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Harm's Way | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Wars Legends Books
Splinter of the Mind's Eye | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Han Solo Adventures | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adventures of Lando Calrissian | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Courtship of Princess Leia | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Truce at Bakura | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Crystal Star | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Children of the Jedi | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
We Don't Do Weddings | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Darksaber | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The New Rebellion | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Planet of Twilight | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I, Jedi | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales from the New Republic | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rogue Planet | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Darth Maul's Revenge | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cloak Of Deception | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Darth Maul Shadow Hunter | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Approaching Storm | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Forest Apart | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tatooine Ghost | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shatterpoint | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jango Fett vs. the Razor Eaters | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ruins of Dantooine | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cestus Deception | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Survivor's Quest | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jedi Trial | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Labyrinth of Evil | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Outbound Flight | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Allegiance | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ready, Set, Podrace! | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Queen's Diary | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Star | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Troopers | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Life of Luke Skywalker | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Millennium Falcon | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crisis on Coruscant , #4) | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crosscurrent | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire Ring Race | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shinbone Showdown | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Harvest | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow Games | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Choices of One | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Riptide | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Knight Errant | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadows of the Empire | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lost Tribe of the Sith | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scourge | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wrath of Darth Maul | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Darth Plagueis | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kenobi | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crucible | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dawn of the Jedi | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lockdown | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Gaslight & Ghosts | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Once Upon a Time | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sisters of the Night | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Mass and Other Great Vampire Stories | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bending the Landscape: Horror | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Sherlock Holmes | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night's Edge | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Orleans Noir | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hellboy | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Outside In 2: 125 Unique Perspectives on 125 Modern Doctor Who Stories by 125 Writers | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shapers of Worlds Volume II | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Barbara Hambly was raised in Montclair, California by parents Edward Everett Hambly Sr. and Florence Moraski. Her childhood was spent alongside younger brother Ed and older sister Mary. She had always been creative, having a love for costumes since she was a little girl. Her fascination for fantasy books started as a child as well, after reading The Wizard of Oz. This fascination led her to devour the creative works of J.R.R Tolkien, Star Wars, The Phantom of the Opera, and even The Beatles. She plastered the walls of her room with the likes of these inspirations, and many of them are obvious throughout her works today.
With over 50 published novels and other works, Barbara Hambly is a prolific and successful author. She has written for a variety of formats, including graphic novels and cartoon television, and in a number of genres. In each case, she has attempted, while staying true to the forms and tropes of each genre, to bring something new and original to her works.
She has written both for the Star Wars and Star Trek tie-in series of novels. However, her own work is varied and defies easy categorization. Hambly has written historical fiction, mysteries, fantasy, and science fiction, working in fantastic settings while creating realistic and down to earth characters that readers can relate to.
Personal Life
Ms. Hambly was born on August 28th in 1951 in San Diego, California. Her father, Edward Everett Hambly, and mother, Florence Moraski Hambly, had moved to the western metropolis from a coal mining town in eastern Pennsylvania. Barbara would grow up in Montclair, California with her older sister Mary Ann and her younger brother Edward Everett Junior.
As a young girl, the classic The Wizard of Oz first attracted Barbara to fantasy, and literature in general. She pursued her love of the written word to other classic works, including The Lord of the Rings, from which she would later take the name of the wizard Ingold in her first book.
This interest also led to other interests, including costume making, and actively participating in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Investigating further led her to pursue a degree in Medieval History from the University of California, Riverside. She received her Masters degree in 1975, after spending time in Bordeaux, France.
Working and Writing
Writing was always a love of Barbara’s, and she decided it was a profession and vocation she wanted to pursue. As a result, she searched out and found a number of jobs that would keep body and soul together while giving her the time to practice her craft. Like many writers, she accumulated a list of interesting jobs, including teacher, model, waitress, editor, and karate instructor.
At the same time, she was writing for several iconic children’s cartoons of the 80’s. She produced scripts for MASK, She-Ra, and He-man, as well as writing for comics. In 1982, Del Ray published her first book.
Published For The First Time
Time of the Dark was the first book in a publishing career that would extend over three decades, and lead to the writing of more than fifty books and counting. It was the first in a series that became a trilogy, and then a sextet, called The Darwath Series.
Telling the story of Gil and Rudy, Time of the Dark was what would later become known as a second world fantasy. The main characters start in what is ostensibly our world. Gil is an academic and bookish student, while Rudy is part of the punk subculture, and an artist. Gil has dreams of a wizard named Ingold, who lives in a world that is being invaded by an evil called the Dark.
Gil is surprised when he meets Ingold, who has come to our world seeking refuge from the invading Dark. However, the Dark follow the wizard, and Ingold is forced to flee back to his own world, taking Rudy and Gil with him. The three go on many adventures, detailed in the first three books. In the process, Gil becomes a warrior and Rudy learns the intricacies of magic.
While this first book is firmly in the fantasy genre, Ms. Hambly’s work has extended beyond it to many other places, times, and genres.
Successful Author
Following the success of the Darwath Series, Ms. Hambly moved on to other projects. The Quirinial Affair was her first historical mystery. Set in the Roman Empire, it evokes that place and time in both the characters and plot. This is a genre Ms. Hambly would return to later with her longest running series.
This series features Benjamin January, a freed African American man who lives in New Orleans before the Civil War. In the first book, A Free Man of Color, we learn that January is a classical educated surgeon and musician. While his mother was a slave, he was freed by father and given a wide and excellent education.
A Free Man of Color follows Benjamin January as he investigates the murder of Angelique Crozat, a woman of mixed race that mixed in the highest reaches of New Orleans society. The complexities of the victim’s race and the mores of southern culture of that time mean that the authorities are reluctant to investigate, leaving January to discover the murderer on his own.
The setting of New Orleans allows Hambly to explore a number of themes and interactions that make for a fascinating book. The city of that time may have been unique in allowing people of color to mix in high society, while hypocritically treating them poorly and as worth less than their white friends and acquaintances. The city, as always, provides a vivid setting for a number of adventures and episodes.
Each of the Benjamin January books explore the city further, following the brilliant detective as he solves a murder.
Ms. Hambly has written a number of other series, such as the Windrose Chronicles, and a trilogy featuring Abigail Adams solving murder mysteries. Many of her works, particularly her fantasy novels, are all set in the same multiverse. Separated by the Void, as established in her very first novel, each world exists on its own, but linked. Many of her novels and series features characters crossing over from our world to another through the void.
Ms. Hambly was elected by her peers to be the President of the Science Fiction Writers of American from 1994 to 1996. She is a multi-award winning author, having won the Locus Award and been nominated several times for the Nebula Awards.
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