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Kate Wilhelm
Author · 67 books

Kate Wilhelm’s first short story, “The Pint-Sized Genie” was published in Fantastic Stories in 1956. Her first novel, MORE BITTER THAN DEATH, a mystery, was published in 1963. Over the span of her career, her writing has crossed over the genres of science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy and magical realism, psychological suspense, mimetic, comic, and family sagas, a multimedia stage production, and radio plays. She returned to writing mysteries in 1990 with the acclaimed Charlie Meiklejohn and Constance Leidl Mysteries and the Barbara Holloway series of legal thrillers. Wilhelm’s works have been adapted for television and movies in numerous countries; her novels and stories have been translated to more than a dozen languages. She has contributed to Quark, Orbit, Magazine of Fantasy and ScienceFiction, Locus, Amazing Stories, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Fantastic, Omni, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Redbook, and Cosmopolitan. Kate Wilhelm is the widow of acclaimed science fiction author and editor, Damon Knight (1922-2002), with whom she founded the Clarion Writers’ Workshop and the Milford Writers’ Conference, described in her 2005 non-fiction work, STORYTELLER. They lectured together at universities across three continents; Kate has continued to offer interviews, talks, and monthly workshops. Kate Wilhelm has received two Hugo awards, three Nebulas, as well as Jupiter, Locus, Spotted Owl, Prix Apollo, Kristen Lohman awards, among others. She was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2009, Kate was the recipient of one of the first Solstice Awards presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) in recognition of her contributions to the field of science fiction. Kate’s highly popular Barbara Holloway mysteries, set in Eugene, Oregon, opened with Death Qualified in 1990. Mirror, Mirror, released in 2017, is the series’ 14th novel.

Series

Books

Sweet, Sweet Poison book cover

Sweet, Sweet Poison

1990

Skeletons book cover

Skeletons

2002

The Chosen book cover

The Chosen

2003

With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope book cover

With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope

2003

Children of the Wind book cover

Children of the Wind

2013

Cambio Bay book cover

Cambio Bay

1991

Seven Kinds of Death book cover

Seven Kinds of Death

1992

Forever Yours, Anna book cover

Forever Yours, Anna

1987

No Defense book cover

No Defense

2000

He Who Shapes / The Infinity Box book cover

He Who Shapes / The Infinity Box

1965

The Secret History of Science Fiction book cover

The Secret History of Science Fiction

2009

Death of an Artist book cover

Death of an Artist

2012

The Killer Thing book cover

The Killer Thing

1967

Justice for Some book cover

Justice for Some

1993

Mirror, Mirror book cover

Mirror, Mirror

2017

The Hamlet Trap book cover

The Hamlet Trap

1987

The Deepest Water book cover

The Deepest Water

2000

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang book cover

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

1976

Crazy Time book cover

Crazy Time

1988

A Wrongful Death book cover

A Wrongful Death

2007

Juniper Time book cover

Juniper Time

1979

City of Cain book cover

City of Cain

1974

Huysman's Pets book cover

Huysman's Pets

1986

In Between book cover

In Between

2014

The Winter Beach book cover

The Winter Beach

1981

The Unbidden Truth book cover

The Unbidden Truth

2004

The Price of Silence book cover

The Price of Silence

2005

The Gorgon Fields book cover

The Gorgon Fields

2012

The Mile-Long Spaceship book cover

The Mile-Long Spaceship

1963

Smart House book cover

Smart House

1989

By Stone, by Blade, by Fire book cover

By Stone, by Blade, by Fire

2012

Whisper Her Name book cover

Whisper Her Name

2012

Desperate Measures book cover

Desperate Measures

2001

The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky book cover

The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky

1986

Music Makers book cover

Music Makers

2012

Torch Song book cover

Torch Song

2012

Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One book cover

Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One

2015

The Good Children book cover

The Good Children

1998

State of Grace book cover

State of Grace

1991

Listen, Listen book cover

Listen, Listen

1981

Defense for the Devil book cover

Defense for the Devil

1999

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction book cover

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

2010

A Sense of Shadow book cover

A Sense of Shadow

1981

Storyteller book cover

Storyteller

Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop

2005

Brave New Worlds book cover

Brave New Worlds

2010

Abyss book cover

Abyss

1971

Let the Fire Fall book cover

Let the Fire Fall

1969

Death Qualified book cover

Death Qualified

1991

Heaven Is High book cover

Heaven Is High

2011

Sleight of Hand book cover

Sleight of Hand

2006

CLEWISTON TEST book cover

CLEWISTON TEST

1976

The Bird Cage book cover

The Bird Cage

2012

The Dark Door book cover

The Dark Door

1988

Malice Prepense book cover

Malice Prepense

1995

Clear and Convincing Proof book cover

Clear and Convincing Proof

2003

Sister Angel book cover

Sister Angel

2012

The Best Defense book cover

The Best Defense

1994

Oh, Susannah! book cover

Oh, Susannah!

1984

Margaret and I book cover

Margaret and I

1972

Welcome, Chaos book cover

Welcome, Chaos

1983

The Downstairs Room book cover

The Downstairs Room

1968

The Fullness of Time book cover

The Fullness of Time

2012

And the Angels Sing book cover

And the Angels Sing

1992

Naming the Flowers book cover

Naming the Flowers

1992

Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions book cover

Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions

1978

Cold Case book cover

Cold Case

2008

The Infinity Box book cover

The Infinity Box

1975

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