Katherine V. Forrest

Infobox Writer
name = Katherine V. Forrest
occupation = Novelist, Editor
period = 20th century
genre = Mystery
subject = Lesbian fiction
movement = LGBT Literature
main_work = Curious Wine
debut_works = Kate Delafield mysteries
influences = Ann Bannon, Jane Rule
influenced = Naiad Press, Spinsters Ink, Lambda Literary Foundation


website = [http://www.kvforrest.com KVForrest.com]
footnotes =

Katherine V. Forrest (born 1939 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is an American writer.

Forrest is best known for her eight novels about lesbian police detective Kate Delafield - the very first in the American lesbian mystery genre. Her romance "A Curious Wine" is considered a classic of American lesbian literature [Lehman, J. Lee, Advocate; 9/29/83, Issue 377, p57-58, 2p] . In dicussion the "light" element of the lesbian romance Forrest said, "I think it's political as hell... Here were two women who had a lot of choices in life, a lot of options, and out of all of those options they chose the hardest one, which was to love each other. [Forrest, Katherine V., Interview with Malinda Lo, AfterEllen.com.] "

She also had a ten-year tenure as fiction editor at Naiad Press and currently serves as Supervising Editor at Spinsters Ink. She has also written a number of romance and science fiction novels. As an editor she worked with dozens of writers, including Jane Rule and Lee Lynch, who wrote of Forrest's fiction, "Her stories embrace and strengthen us, and give us permission to live our lives fully just as we are. [Lynch, Lee, "The Amazon Trail", 9/1/2008.] "

Also known for her reviews and articles about lesbian and gay publishing, she authored book reviews appearing in the The Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle. Articles have appeared in Brother and Sister, The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review and The Lambda Book Report.

She was a recipient of the Lambda Literary Foundation's Pioneer Award in 1998, and currently serves on their board of trustees. In 2008, she received the Bill Whitehead Lifetime Achievement Award from [http://www.publishingtriangle.org/ Publishing Triangle] and the Trailblazer Award from the Golden Crown Literary Society. She is also a recipient of The Alice B Readers Award medal. She lives with her wife, Jo Hercus, in the San Francisco area.

Works

Novels
* "An Emergence of Green" (1990)
* "Curious Wine" (1990)
* "Flashpoint" (1994)

* "Daughters of a Coral Dawn" Series
** "Daughters of a Coral Dawn" (1984)
** "Daughters of an Amber Noon" (2002)
** "Daughters of an Emerald Dusk" (2005) Lambda Literary Award Winner
* "Kate Delafield" Series
** "Amateur City" (1984)
** "Murder At the Nightwood Bar" (1987)
** "The Beverly Malibu" (1989) Lambda Literary Award Winner
** "Murder By Tradition" (1991) Lambda Literary Award Winner
** "Liberty Square" (1996)
** "Apparition Alley" (1997)
** "Sleeping Bones" (1999)
** "Hancock Park" (2004) Lambda Literary Award Winner

Anthologies and Short Fiction
* "Dreams and Swords", short fiction (1987)
* "All in the Seasoning" (2006)
* "Love, Castro Street" (2007) Co-edited with Jim Van Buskirk. Golden Crown Literary Society Award Winner

'Non-Fiction'
* "Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950-1965" (2005)

References

ee also

*Golden Crown Literary Society
*Lambda Literary Foundation
*Lesbian Fiction

External links

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* [http://www.kvforrest.com/ Katherine V. Forrest web site]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/katherine-v-forrest/ Fantastic Fiction: Katherine V. Forrest]