Her first volume of "straight" historical fiction - a book about Mary Todd Lincoln called The Emancipator's Wife - is already gaining her a new audience. From there, she proceeded to a historical mystery - The Quirinal Hill Affair, now out of print - a format that she returns to with the Benjamin January murder mysteries. In 1982, Del Rey published her Time of the Dark, and the Darwath Trilogy was born. She has been contacted about writing an adventure/fantasy Comix series, and has contributed a graphic novel to The Victorian, a comic series produced by Pennyfarthing Press. She also wrote scripts for cartoons at one time, including three for the show Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and one for He-Man. She searched for a job that would allow her time to write, trying various positions: a high-school teacher, a model, a waitress, a technical editor, a professional graduate student, an all-night clerk at a liquor store, and a karate instructor. She also spent time in Bordeaux, France as part of her studies. She attended University of California at Riverside, specializing in Medieval History and eventually earning a masters degree in 1975. She grew up in Montclair (in southern California), except for one high school semester spent in New South Wales, Australia. VJ Books Presents Author Barbara Hambly! Barbara Hambly was born in the Naval Hospital of San Diego, California, on the 28th of August, 1951. You are here: Home > Our Authors > Hambly, Barbara
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