Barbara Hambly
1951-
Pseudonym: Barbara Hamilton
 

Barbara Joan Hambly was born in San Diego and grew up in Montclair, California. She has a Masters degree in Medieval History from the University of California. Hambly writes fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical novels. She is the creator of:
1. 'Benjamin January', a surgeon and musician in New Orleans in the 1830s.
2. 'James Asher', a retired member of the British Secret Service.
3. 'Abigail Adams', an amateur sleuth in Boston in the 1770s (under the pseudonym 'Barbara Hamilton').
Visit also her official site.
 

Titles and year of publication:  

'Benjamin January' Novels
 1) A Free Man of Color  1997
 2) Fever Season  1998
 3) Graveyard Dust  1999
 4) Sold Down the River  2000
 5) Die Upon a Kiss  2001
 6) Wet Grave  2002
 7) Days of the Dead  2003
 8) Dead Water  2004
 9) Dead and Buried  2010
10) The Shirt on His Back  2011
11) Ran Away  2011
12) Good Man Friday  2013
13) Crimson Angel  2014
14) Drinking Gourd  2016
15) Murder in July  2017
16) Cold Bayou  2018
17) Lady of Perdition  2020
18) House of the Patriarch  2020
'James Asher' Novels
 1) Those Who Hunt the Night (UK Title: Immortal Blood [1988])  1988
 2) Traveling With the Dead  1995
 3) Blood Maidens  2010
 4) The Magistrates of Hell  2012
 5) The Kindred of Darkness  2014
 6) Darkness on His Bones  2015
 7) Pale Guardian  2017
 8) Prisoner of Midnight  2019
'Abigail Adams' Novels (as 'Barbara Hamilton')
 1) The Ninth Daughter  2009
 2) A Marked Man  2010
 3) Sup with the Devil  2011
Other Novels
 1) The Quirinal Hill Affair (Also published as: Search the Seven Hills [1986])  1983
 2) Grave Mould and Ectoplasm (e-novella)  2019

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