Katherine V. Forrest

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Katherine V. Forrest


Born
in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
April 20, 1939

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Katherine V. Forrest is a Canadian-born American writer, best known for her novels about lesbian police detective Kate Delafield. Her books have won and been finalists for Lambda Literary Award twelve times, as well as other awards. She has been referred to by some "a founding mother of lesbian fiction writing." ...more

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Murder at the Nightwood Bar...

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An Emergence Of Green

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Murder by Tradition (Kate D...

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Liberty Square (Kate Delafi...

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Apparition Alley (Kate Dela...

3.95 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 1997 — 17 editions
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Sleeping Bones (Kate Delafi...

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“They ought to put a statement on the Bible just like they put on cigarettes - like, the contents of this book may freeze-dry your brains.”
Katherine V. Forrest, Murder at the Nightwood Bar

“Soul selects her own Society”
Katherine V. Forrest, Curious Wine

“terrific, Princess.”
Katherine V. Forrest, An Emergence of Green

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