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...

3.92 avg rating — 907 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions
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Daughters of a Coral Dawn

3.82 avg rating — 866 ratings — published 1984 — 12 editions
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The Beverly Malibu (Kate De...

4.01 avg rating — 643 ratings — published 1989 — 17 editions
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An Emergence Of Green

3.83 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions
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Murder by Tradition (Kate D...

4.10 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 1991 — 20 editions
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Liberty Square (Kate Delafi...

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Apparition Alley (Kate Dela...

3.96 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions
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Sleeping Bones (Kate Delafi...

4.01 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions
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Quotes by Katherine V. Forrest  (?)
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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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