Barbara Hambly was born on August 28,1951 and is an American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction.
17 Facts About Barbara Hambly
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Barbara Hambly has an older sister, Mary Ann Sanders, and a younger brother, Everett Edward Hambly, III.
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Barbara Hambly became interested in costumery from an early age, and has been a long-time participant in Society for Creative Anachronism activities.
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Barbara Hambly has a Master's in Medieval History from the University of California, Riverside.
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Barbara Hambly completed her degree in 1975 and spent a year in Bordeaux as part of her studies.
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Barbara Hambly chose work that allowed her time to write; all of her novels contain a biography paragraph with a litany of jobs: high school teacher, model, waitress, technical editor, all-night liquor store clerk, and Shotokan karate instructor.
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Barbara Hambly's first published novel was The Time of the Dark.
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Barbara Hambly served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 1994 to 1996.
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Barbara Hambly's works have been nominated for many awards in the fantasy and horror fiction categories, winning a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel Those Who Hunt the Night and the Lord Ruthven Award for fiction for its sequel, Traveling with the Dead.
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Barbara Hambly was married for some years to George Alec Effinger, a science fiction writer.
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Barbara Hambly speaks freely of suffering from seasonal affective disorder, which was undiagnosed for some time.
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Barbara Hambly has a penchant for unusual characters within the fantasy genre, such as the menopausal witch and reluctant scholar-lord in the Winterlands trilogy, or the philologist secret service agent in the vampire novels.
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Barbara Hambly's writing is filled with rich descriptions and characters whose actions bear consequences for both their lives and relationships, suffusing her series with a sense of loss and regret.
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Barbara Hambly's characters suffer the pain of frustrated aspirations to a degree that is uncommon in most fantasy novels.
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Barbara Hambly studied medicine in Paris, where he trained as a surgeon.
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Barbara Hambly returned to Louisiana to escape the memory of his late wife, a woman from North Africa.
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Barbara Hambly earns a modest living by his exceptional talent as a musician.