Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018) was an American author of science fiction, mystery and fantasy novels. She was the wife of fellow sci-fi author Damon Knight, who she established the Clarion Writers Workshop and the Milford Writer’s Workshop with. She has been awarded one of the first Solstice Awards (one of three), the Kristen Lohman Award, plus the Hugo and Locus awards for Best Novel as well as multiple Nebula awards. Her series include the Barbara Holloway and Constance & Charlie series.

Kate Wilhelm made her debut as a published novelist in 1962 with the novel More Bitter Than Death. Below is a list of Kate Wilhelm’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Constance and Charlie Books

The Gorgon Field (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hamlet Trap (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Door (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Smart House (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sweet, Sweet Poison (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven Kinds of Death (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Flush of Shadows (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All For One (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sister Angel (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Torch Song (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Whisper Her Name (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Barbara Holloway Books

Death Qualified (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Defense (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Malice Prepense / For the Defense (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Defense for the Devil (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Defense (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Desperate Measures (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Clear and Convincing Proof (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Unbidden Truth (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sleight of Hand (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Wrongful Death (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cold Case (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heaven is High (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
By Stone By Blade By Fire (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mirror, Mirror (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Mile-Long Spaceship (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
More Bitter Than Death (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Clone (With: Theodore L. Thomas) (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Andover and the Android (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Nevermore Affair (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Killer Thing / The Killing Thing (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Let the Fire Fall (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Margaret and I (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
City of Cain (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Infinity Box (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Clewiston Test (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fault Lines (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Juniper Time (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Sense of Shadow (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Winter Beach (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Oh, Susannah! (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Welcome, Chaos (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Huysman's Pets (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Crazy Time (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cambio Bay (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Justice for Some (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Good Children (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Deepest Water (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Skeletons (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Price of Silence (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death of an Artist (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fullness of Time (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Forever Yours, Anna (in Omni) (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Naming the Flowers (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I Know What You’re Thinking (in Asimov's) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moongate (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
In Between (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The House Share (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Downstairs Room, The (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Abyss (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Better Than One (With: Damon Knight) (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Listen, Listen (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Children of the Wind (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
And the Angels Sing (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fear is a Cold Black (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bird Cage (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Music Makers (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume Two (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Yesterday's Tomorrows (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Hills Are Dancing (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Storyteller (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Orbit Science Fiction Yearbooks Books

(with Brian W. Aldiss, Howard Waldrop, Felix C. Gotschalk, Lisa Tuttle, Lucius Shepard, Dan Simmons, Jonathan Carroll, Richard Kadrey, Marta Randall, John Clute, David S. Garnett)

The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two (By: David S. Garnett) (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three (By: David S. Garnett) (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Orbit 3(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Orbit 6(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Orbit 11(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alpha 5(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nebula Awards 9(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Clarion SF(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Best New Horror 4(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Giant Book of Terror(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Omni Visions Two(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Angels!(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret History of Science Fiction(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2012(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Clone and The Year of the Cloud are co-authored with Theodore L. Thomas. The Killer Thing was also published under the title The Killing Thing. Better Than One was written with Damon Knight.

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