
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
1990

Skeletons
2002

The Chosen
2003

Children of the Wind
2013

Cambio Bay
1991

Seven Kinds of Death
1992

Forever Yours, Anna
1987

No Defense
2000

He Who Shapes / The Infinity Box
1965

The Secret History of Science Fiction
2009

Death of an Artist
2012

The Killer Thing
1967

Justice for Some
1993

Mirror, Mirror
2017

The Hamlet Trap
1987

The Deepest Water
2000

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
1976

Crazy Time
1988

A Wrongful Death
2007

Juniper Time
1979

City of Cain
1974

Huysman's Pets
1986

In Between
2014

The Unbidden Truth
2004

The Price of Silence
2005

The Gorgon Fields
2012

The Mile-Long Spaceship
1963

Smart House
1989

By Stone, by Blade, by Fire
2012

Whisper Her Name
2012

Desperate Measures
2001

The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky
1986

Music Makers
2012

Torch Song
2012

Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One
2015

The Good Children
1998

Listen, Listen
1981

Defense for the Devil
1999

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010

A Sense of Shadow
1981

Storyteller
Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
2005

Brave New Worlds
2010

Abyss
1971

Let the Fire Fall
1969

Death Qualified
1991

Heaven Is High
2011

Sleight of Hand
2006

CLEWISTON TEST
1976

The Bird Cage
2012

The Dark Door
1988

Malice Prepense
1995

Clear and Convincing Proof
2003

Sister Angel
2012

The Best Defense
1994

Oh, Susannah!
1984

Margaret and I
1972

Welcome, Chaos
1983

The Downstairs Room
1968

The Fullness of Time
2012

And the Angels Sing
1992

Naming the Flowers
1992

Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions
1978

Cold Case
2008

The Infinity Box
1975