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Barbara Hambly

Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction. She has a bestselling 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).

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American fiction writer

Born 28 August 1951

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American fiction writer

Born 28 August 1951

Subjects

Fiction Fiction, fantasy, general January, benjamin (fictitious character), fiction Fiction, mystery & detective, general New orleans (la.), fiction African americans, fiction Vampires, fiction Free African Americans Private investigators, fiction Fiction, historical, general Fiction, horror Asher, james (fictitious character), fiction Benjamin January (Fictitious character) Vampires African American men Darwath (imaginary place), fiction Ingold inglorion (fictitious character), fiction Waynest, jenny (fictitious character), fiction History Private investigators Fiction, historical Dragons Fantasy fiction Louisiana, fiction Women

Places

New Orleans (La.) United States Louisiana New Orleans Dorset Street England Great Britain London London (England) Mexico Montreal Natchez-under-the-Hill (Natchez, Miss.) New England New Orlean Quirinal Hill (Italy) Rocky Mountains Rome Russia Russia (Federation) Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg (Russia) Transylvania (Romania) Tullyfane Abbey Virginia Whitby (England)

People

Benjamin January (Fictitious character) Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) Sally Hemings Sherlock Holmes Abigail Adams Abigail Adams (1744-1818) Benjamin January (Fictional character) Dolley Madison Dolley Madison (1768-1849) George Washington Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) Inspector Lestrade James (Fictitious character) Asher James Madison John Adams John H. Watson Jory Hull Lord Hull Martha Washington Martha Washington (1731-1802) Mrs. Hudson Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character) Thomas Jefferson

Time

19th century 1837-1901, Victoria 18th century 18th-19th century 1900-1917 1904-1914 Civil War, 1861-1865 Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Revolution, 1775-1783 Trajan, 98-117

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