Barbara Wilson is the pen name of Barbara Sjoholm, an LGBTQ writer and a translator from Norwegian and Danish. Her mysteries, written under the name Barbara Wilson, include two series, one with printer Pam Nilsen (Murder in the Collective) and one with translator-sleuth Cassandra Reilly. Her mysteries include the Lambda-award-winning Gaudi Afternoon, made into a film of the same name, and Not the Real Jupiter. She was a co-founder of Seal Press and in 2020 received the annual Trailblazer Award from the Golden Crown Literary Society for her contributions to lesbian literature. Her books have been published in England and translated into Spanish, Finnish, German, and Japanese.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Romance
Series
Pam Nilsen
1. Murder in the Collective (1984)
2. Sisters of the Road (1986)
3. The Dog Collar Murders (1989)
1. Murder in the Collective (1984)
2. Sisters of the Road (1986)
3. The Dog Collar Murders (1989)
Cassandra Reilly
1. Gaudi Afternoon (1991)
2. Trouble in Transylvania (1993)
3. The Death of a Much Travelled Woman (1998)
4. The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists (2000)
1. Gaudi Afternoon (1991)
2. Trouble in Transylvania (1993)
3. The Death of a Much Travelled Woman (1998)
4. The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists (2000)
Novels
Stubborn Clay (1969)
Before You Answer (1970)
River within Us (1972)
Oldest Confession (1973)
Families in Other Places (1974)
Ambitious Women (1982)
Cows and Horses (1988)
If You Had a Family (1996)
Dreaming in Colour (2000)
Before You Answer (1970)
River within Us (1972)
Oldest Confession (1973)
Families in Other Places (1974)
Ambitious Women (1982)
Cows and Horses (1988)
If You Had a Family (1996)
Dreaming in Colour (2000)
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Books containing stories by Barbara Wilson
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