Barbara Wood (born January 30, 1947, in
Warrington
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(
Lancashire, England
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) is an American writer of
historical
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romance novels
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. Her family moved to
California
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, where she grew up. In 2002, she received the
Corine Literature Prize
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Bavarian chapter of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, first awarded in 2001. It is awarded to German and international "aut ...
.
Bibliography
As Barbara Wood
*''Hounds and Jackals'', 1978
*''The Magdalene Scrolls'', 1978
*''Curse this House'', 1978
*''Yesterday's Child'', 1979
*''Night Trains'', 1979
*''Childsong'', 1981
*''The Watch Gods'', 1981
*''Domina'', 1983
*''Vital Signs'', 1985
*''Soul Flame'', 1987
*''Green City in the Sun'', 1988
*''The Gifts of Peace'', 1990
*''The Dreaming'', 1991
*''Virgins of Paradise'', 1993
*''The Prophetess'', 1996
*''Perfect Harmony'', 1998
*''Sacred Ground'', 2001
*''The Blessing Stone'', 2003
*''Star of Babylon'', 2005
*''Woman of a Thousand Secrets'', 2008
*''This Golden Land'', 2010
*''The Divining'', 2012
*''The Serpent and the Staff'', 2013
*''Rainbows on the Moon'', 2016
*''Land of the Afternoon Sun'', 2016
As Kathryn Harvey
*''Butterfly'', 1989
*''Stars'', 1993 ((2010) )
*''Private Entrance'', 2005
Filmography
German TV films
*''Barbara Wood: Herzflimmern'' (1998, based on ''Vital Signs'')
*''Barbara Wood: Traumzeit'' (2001, based on ''The Dreaming'')
*''Barbara Wood: Spiel des Schicksals'' (2002, based on ''Hounds and Jackals'')
*''Barbara Wood: Lockruf der Vergangenheit'' (2004, based on ''Curse this House'')
*''Barbara Wood: Das Haus der Harmonie'' (2005, based on ''Perfect Harmony'')
*''Barbara Wood: Sturmjahre'' (2007, based on ''Domina'')
*''Barbara Wood: Karibisches Geheimnis'' (2009, based on ''Private Entrance'')
References
Fantastic fiction (bibliography)
External links
Barbara Wood's personal site
1947 births
English emigrants to the United States
American romantic fiction writers
Living people
American women novelists
Women romantic fiction writers
Writers from Lancashire
Writers from California
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers
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