Kate Wilhelm's Guestbook
| Name: | Ann Sykes |
| E-mail address: | asykes823@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I love your Barbara Holloway series. She is remarkable - reminds me of the Perry Mason tv series I watched as a kid. I am planning to read other books that you have written also. My business partner is located in Wilsonville OR and I have visited once. Keep writing!! |
| Name: | fabian ribezzo |
| E-mail address: | bonga.mbilo@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Dear Mrs Wilhelm,
we are a mozambican film production interested in realization of a short movie based on a Damon Knight's novel. We are writing here, because we don't know how to do with that novel's rights. Can you give us any suggestion about it? thank you very much and sorry if we used your space, we didn't find another way. |
| Name: | Barbara Holloway |
| E-mail address: | griggsban@aol.com |
| Comments: | I started reading the Barbara Holloway books due to same name as mine and find they are really good. I have not read them all yet, have trobule ordering from these online places as yo get emails from all sorts afterwards. |
| Name: | Robin |
| E-mail address: | bluewren93-soaraz@yahoo.com.au |
| Comments: | The Barbara Holloway series is one of the best crime series I have read. There is genuine brain activity stirred by the fascinating weaving and winding plots, the reader is kept engaged and challenged by the intricacies in the detail. There is genuine dissection of a crime matched against the legal ramification of actions. The personalities of the characters are woven in but rather than dominate they just add reality and interest. I love this author’s work. |
| Name: | Yvonne Ballard |
| E-mail address: | ydbagain@efn.org |
| Comments: | I love your mysterys. I live in eugene, and whenever I read familiar routes and addresses, I find myself mentally looking for the place. |
| Name: | Vicie |
| E-mail address: | vickie.gimby@pentagonfederal.com |
| Comments: | I can't believe I have never read any of your books as I am an avid reader and love murder/mystery books. I also like true crime and Ann Rule is one of my favorites.
I am reading The Deepest Water which I found at St Vincent De Paul's. I live in Springfield and like reading about towns in my area. I am now going to be on the look out for more of your books. |
| Name: | keith Adams |
| E-mail address: | kanyfilm@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Hello Ms. Wilhelm,
I am an independent filmmaker living in New York City. My producing partner and I have a great interest in adapting one of your late husband's short stories into a short film. We would love to discuss the possibility of getting the rights to do so. Would you be kind enough to contact me to discuss this matter? Thank You, Keith Adams Director kanyfilm@gmail.com 917.841.6820 |
| Name: | Eduardo Torres |
| E-mail address: | dudutorres@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I've just bought the Brazilian edition of your novel 'The Killer Thing' (published in 1973). You are not very known in Brazil (I believe this is your only book published in Brazil), but I am the President of the Brazilian Science Fiction Readers' Club, I'll read your book and we'll discuss it in our internet discussion list.
All the best. Rgds, Eduardo Torres Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Name: | Carly Gino |
| E-mail address: | carly@cdgbiz.com |
| Comments: | I have to say, I feel as though I'm part of the Holloway family... I've read every one of her cases - the last, Cold Case, is currently on it's way to me now! I've been searching and searching to see if maybe, possibly, I missed a case, so that it won't come to an end after this next book... but alas, it seems I will have to be patient and hope that I spend another Sunday dinner with her (and Frank, Darren and Todd, Shelley, Bailey, Alan, Alex, Dr. Minnick, Maria, Sylvia, and heck, even Lt. Hoggarth!)
I just finished A Wrongful Death - and I have to say - it was a wonderful story... so VERY suspenseful... and I would be lying if I said I wasn't reluctant to reach the end last night, on my way home from San Francisco on BART... OH! And I'm determined to spend some time up in Oregon (I am here in the SF Bay Area, Pleasanton, to be specific)... I've been into Ashlan (amazing little town) but after spending so much time there w/ Barabara, I think it sounds like a great state to explore - and I am looking forward to a roadtrip, hopefully this spring! I'm also awaiting The Price of Silence. Yet not a Holloway thriller, I know it will be just as gripping and mysterious as her tales have been! Anyway - Mrs. Wilhelm - thank you so much for introducing me to such an amazing group of people... I hope to see much more of them! Cheers, and thank you again! |
| Name: | LInda |
| E-mail address: | linda.allenby@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | One day while in Goodwill, I was browsing thru the book section & came across your name & thought I'd read one of your books for the first time. "Defense for the Devil". Excellant book, but there is one problem. Page 172, last paragraph, driving north on Hwy 101 through Newport, nearly to Yachats, is IMPOSSIBLE.....Yachats is SOUTH of Newport-Walport-Yachats...check a map....I use to go there quite often.....I loved the book & plan to read more..... |
| Name: | Patty |
| E-mail address: | p1amfbj@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Just read Death Qualified to get introduced to Barbara and her father, Frank. Couldn't put it down towards the end. Poor kids on the last page...suppose Barbara recovered from the loss of Mike and kept going. Will have to read more. |
| Name: | Nancy Zalewski |
| E-mail address: | nancyzal@escapees.com |
| Comments: | I recently found the Barbara Holloway series and I love them. I started at the beginning and am now at number 9. Keep them coming. |
| Name: | Kathleen Murphy |
| E-mail address: | windrose1@verizon.net |
| Comments: | Dear Ms. Wilhelm,
I just met Barbara Holloway in The Unbidden Truth and look forward to reading more of your work. Kathleen |
| Name: | Mariah Chavez |
| E-mail address: | mariahchavez@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Love your books especially Barbara Holloway trial procedurals. Didn't she have a son? Did he move away with his father? Will he come back to see his mom soon?
It's been awhile so I'm a little lost. Need to read the ones I missed so I can understand about Darren and his son, Todd. I hope you keep writing the Holloway series. They're like old friends now. Thank You so much Mariah Chavez |
| Name: | Krista Kabacy |
| E-mail address: | bkabacy@msn.com |
| Comments: | Wow - you got me turned on to mysteries, definitely not my usual genre! Thanks for the Barbara Holloway series - I have really enjoyed your smart woman hero. I also like to think I'm "buying local" by supporting a fellow Oregonian. |
| Name: | Aaron Holly |
| E-mail address: | aaronbholly@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I first read "Forever Yours Anna" when it was first published in Omni magazine. Believe it or not, I've carried that issue with me all these years.
It's a brilliant story and after all these years I would like to thank you for sharing such creativity with all of us. |
| Name: | Jace Foss |
| E-mail address: | jacefoss@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | I have enjoyed your science fiction for many years, and recently discovered your mysteries. Oh, joy! Oh, rapture!
You make me think and you make me laugh; you help me to understand how others might see things. Thank you! |
| Name: | JANELL BRECKENRIDGE |
| E-mail address: | shineonjb@bigpond.com |
| Comments: | Thankyou for the hours of pleasure I have had reading your books Mrs. Wilhelm. I have just re-read the Good Children after quite some time. So I am now off to the Library to order in your latest novel and I can't wait. Regards Janell B. |
| Name: | ELAYNE EPPERSON |
| E-mail address: | e.epperson@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Hello Kate, just another fan to tell you I love your books of course. I used to read you about SF now its the mysteries, how talented you are. Okay just a thank you from a fellow Oregonian, born in Eugene in 1943. Thanks again. grandma sam |
| Name: | Bryan Moore |
| E-mail address: | bmoore@astate.edu |
| Comments: | Note, Ms. Wilhelm, that one site guest corrects you on your use of a word, while another guest asks you to give her the title of a work you wrote! We might not be the brightest fans, but dammit, we are your fans. I think you are a very fine writer who deserves a lot more due, though you have won several distinguished awards. I have a beef with the fact that "The Chosen" isn't more widely anthologized. Its inventiveness is pretty stunning. It's vertiginous in a way that few writers can pull off this side of Borges. |
| Name: | Laura Wade |
| E-mail address: | Kandlewade@webtv.net |
| Comments: | I have found you late in my life. Was born and lived all my life in Coos County, Oregon. I can never put one of your books down for long when I start. I have just finished Death Qualified and wondered if there was a follow-up. I have not read the books in yearly order. Naturally, after reading this book, I hoped there was a follow-up but somehow I doubt it. I am 80 and enjoy your writing. Thank you for the quality.
Sincerely, Laura Wade |
| Name: | Kathy Emery |
| E-mail address: | kemerytn@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Dear Ms. Wilhelm,
Thank you for such unique, engrossing and wonderfully written books. It is always a pleasure to begin and end one of your books....a joy to read. Thank You Kathy Emery |
| Name: | Ellen Eades |
| E-mail address: | ellene@elleneades.com |
| Comments: | I am a SF/F fan primarily, so was introduced to your writing in that genre. Recently I picked up "Skeletons" and loved it, so I am now planning to begin reading some of your mystery work. I do some volunteering with cons in the PNW, and hope to meet you some day! It's been a pleasure to become reaquainted with your work :) |
| Name: | Angela |
| E-mail address: | lovinmomto4@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I'm now on to book #4 in the Barbara Holloway novels.."The Unbidden Truth", and enjoying it immensely!! All I can say is keep up the great work! |
| Name: | Kellian Clink |
| E-mail address: | kellianclink@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Love the relationship between daughter and father. Love Thing One and Thing Two. Love the books. You're a lovely writer!!!! |
| Name: | Megan Ellis |
| E-mail address: | msfellis@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | As a librarian in Aurora, Colorado I spend a lot of my spare time working on Reader's Advisory - or, in other words, reading random books so I have a mental database of "what to read next" titles. For the first time ever I have developed an insatiable need to devour every single book in an author's collection. I have fallen in love with Barbara Holloway & her father, and adored Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang. I'm currently working on The Deepest Water...many thanks for so many wonderful hours of reading bliss! |
| Name: | Cassandra Hutchinson |
| E-mail address: | deja1972@cox.net |
| Comments: | I discovered the Barbara Holloway by chance and have fallen in love with the series. You are a wonderful writer!! |
| Name: | Hannah Groumi |
| E-mail address: | hannahbot@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hello Kate Wilhelm,
For a long time I have been thinking of saying thank you to the authors whose books I enjoy most. For me, your books carry all the ingredients for an excellent read; a compelling story that is well written, with characters that come alive and a plot that hangs together. Not to mention endings that do not strain the imagination. I am an old fan - I remember reading your science fiction stories way back when... So thank you. |
| Name: | Sam Sullivan |
| Comments: | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is one of the greatest books I have ever read. You deserve a front row (or a throne) in the pantheon of science fiction titans. I can't wait to read more of your books. |
| Name: | Kathleen |
| E-mail address: | yourheartcenter@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | We are looking for a book of yours about string theory...could you tell us the title?
Briefly, my friend remembers a relationship between a professor at the U of O and a student/female...she loved the book and story line. Thank you. |
| Name: | Margaret Jacques |
| E-mail address: | margaret@mjacques.com |
| Comments: | I love your books--all of them. I began reading the Science Fiction first but I also love the Barbara Holloway books! |
| Name: | Ken Capron |
| E-mail address: | janeken2@clearwire.net |
| Comments: | This may seem a bit pedantic, but inflections are word endings. Changes in pitch in continuous speech are called intonations. So if a person has little variation in intonation you can call it flat.
I'm just about through DEFENCE FOR THE DEVIL, and I'm quite impressed. KC |
| Name: | jesse hayden |
| E-mail address: | masterchief.macm@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I just read my first book by Ms Wilhelm. Normally, I only read true adventure, true crime. Since I moved to the Philippines, my book choices are limited to second-hand titles in a local mall. I picked up "Death Qualified" purely by chance. It was a well-written, intriguing and spellbinding story. I loved it. Now, to try to locate more of her books. |
| Name: | Carol and Ron Raphael |
| E-mail address: | crrr@prodigy.net |
| Name: | Marc Bailey |
| E-mail address: | rootsmusic1@gmail.com |
| Comments: | "Juniper Time" is an extraordinary novel. Beautifully written, involving and timely for the 21st century. Thank you fort the entire wonderful range of your work. |
| Name: | Carol R. Raphael |
| E-mail address: | crrr@prodigy.net |
| Comments: | Dear Ms Wilhelm,
I have read two of your novels (yes, the Barbara Holloway series)and have found them to be "my kind of reading." I love cats, therefore I find "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" to be just charming. |
| Name: | Ron. Raphael |
| E-mail address: | crrr@prodigy.net |
| Comments: | I wish to thank you so very much for the gift of the Barbara Holloway series. I have read every one, I think (though I hope not)and now have turned over my collection to my wife who also values them dearly. |
| Name: | Tracy O'Sullivan |
| E-mail address: | tracy@quakepro.com |
| Comments: | Dear Ms. Wilhelm,
I have recently finished my first novel, although I've been writing for abou 40 years. It's set in Portland, and I'm amazed how well the book came out (as in, did I really write this?). Even my husband is impressed, and he's my toughest critic, besides me, of course. I live near Marcola, just outside of Eugene, and when I told my friends I'd finished my book, they suggested I try to contact you to ask if you could give me any help or suggestions. Thank You! Tracy O'Sullivan |
| Name: | David Tallant |
| E-mail address: | tallantlaw@aol.com |
| Comments: | I am a retired lawyer from Sacramento currently living in Newport. I now do arbitrations and mediations for attorneys here in Oregon. I travel extensively and have been listening to your books on CD (obtained through the Newport library now on my MP3 player.)
Totally enjoy your work and grasp of the fine points of law and courtroom. Next time you have a public signing, I would like to attend and meet you. Thanks David |
| Name: | Donnie Ryan |
| E-mail address: | DRyan45516@aol.com |
| Comments: | Kate, I just discovered your Barbara Holloway books. I can't get enough of them. I got one from the bookstore, read it, and went back and bought 5 more! Love the interaction between Barbara and her Dad. Brings back memories of me and my Dad. |
| Name: | debby holmes |
| E-mail address: | holmesdeborah47@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | i love your books
i have always had a hard time sitting and reading, but your books are awesome. thank you for being such a great writer |
| Name: | Juliia Schumann |
| E-mail address: | 1howschu@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | I am really enjoying your Barbara Holloway series. I love the banter between Barbara and her father. They seem so normal in their everyday lives, but Barbara is really a tiger in the courtroom.
I am getting this series through the audio books available at my county library. I'm sure I'm going to want to read more of your novels. Thank you |
| Name: | Susan Brown |
| E-mail address: | note-able@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Thank you for Barbara Holloway and her father. I have enjoyed reading these books as much as any I have ever read. |
| Name: | Nathan |
| Comments: | I very much enjoy your work. Thanks for all the good reads. |
| Name: | Reba |
| E-mail address: | aber1939@msn.com |
| Comments: | I forgot to ask, is there a Barbara Holloway book between
"the Unbidden truth' and "a wrongful death"? Thanks |
| Name: | Reba Sipe |
| E-mail address: | aber1939@msn.com |
| Comments: | Love your books, am having some trouble getting some of the older ones from our library. The Barbara Holloway series is great. |
| Name: | Steve Thompson |
| E-mail address: | steve_newjersey@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Among all of my SF books, I find myself always returning to "Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang." I love that book. Thank you for the many hours of reading pleasure you have given me over the years. |
| Name: | Phyllis Branch |
| E-mail address: | mika321@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Just discovered you! Love your books, primarilly because of the richness of your characters. I like them as people, would enjoy conversing with them. Peace, Phyllis |
| Name: | donna perras |
| E-mail address: | rumlieguff@new.rr.com |
| Comments: | I love your books and the twists in the plots. I am currently listening to them on Audible and always look forward to the next one. Thanks so much for the hours of enjoyment you have given me. |
| Name: | Lyn Perry |
| E-mail address: | lyngperry@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Ms Wilhelm,
Thought you might be interested to know that I recently reviewed the current issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine in which your short story, "Shadows on the Wall of the Cave," appears. The review is at Tangent Online. Wish you well in all your projects. Thank you. Lyndon Perry http://tangentonline.com/index.php/print--bi-monthly-reviewsmenu-260/221-fantasy-a-science-fiction/1254-fantasy-a-science-fiction-octnov-2009 |
| Name: | Katrina PT DPT |
| E-mail address: | katb38@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I love the Barbara Holloway series but I was very disturbed by the most recent book I read which discussed Darren and his "interns". I am a physical therapist and have been practicing for 19 years. At no time in my memory were physical therapists trained and "certified" by other physical therapists on the job. Over the past 20 years I've seen the profession progress from a Bachelor's to Doctorate degree level. I can't remember when a student could study some 'pre-med' and then receive a "certification". PTs now spend six to seven years in college and graduate with doctorate degrees. The licensure exam is rigorous. I wish you had done your homework because that last book left a sour taste in my mouth. |
| Name: | Ruth Glazer |
| E-mail address: | rags1950@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Dear Kate Wilhelm,
I have enjoyed reading your books for a long time. I especially enjoy reading your Barbara Holloway books, and I was wondering when your fans might see the next one. Many thanks for years of such wonderful reads. Ruth Glazer |
| Name: | Stephanie Munson |
| E-mail address: | stephanie.munson@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Ms. Wilhelm, I am an avid mystery reader! I love your Barbara Holloway series and look forward to a new one. |
| Name: | Mary Olafson |
| E-mail address: | olafson07@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I so enjoy Ms. Wilhelm's books - especially the Barbara Holloway series. Are there plans for more adventures with Ms. Holloway?
Thank you! |
| Name: | Margie Osborne |
| E-mail address: | margieo5@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Having retired recently I found I was bored, so I went to the library for a good book. This was my first experience with your books. I am addicted now and hope you will be having a new book out soon. Do you have a newsletter with this information. THANK YOU. |
| Name: | Cher Dombrowski |
| E-mail address: | chuckandcher@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I just finished reading "Cold Case." It could have used a few more red herrings but the characters were wonderful. |
| Name: | Dolores Nolan |
| E-mail address: | Ladybug63@cox.net |
| Comments: |
I would like to know if there will be any more books in the Barbara Holloway series. Also, does Ms Wilhelm send a newsletter letting readers know about upcoming book releases. If so, please put me on the list. Thanks. |
| Name: | Gail Palmer |
| E-mail address: | gbpalmer@aol.com |
| Comments: | I have really been enjoying your Barbara Holloway novels. I especially like the relationship between her and her father. Thank you for providing so much pleasurable reading! |
| Name: | Kris Fuller |
| E-mail address: | fullerrk@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Loved the Barbara Holloway novels....read them all!!!
Thank you for the wonderful times spent reading your novels. |
| Name: | Margie |
| E-mail address: | margierosel@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Kate -
I have discovered your books just maybe six months ago -- and I love them! I live in Springfield, Oregon, and I very much love recognizing the places you mention in your Barbara Holloway books. I'm sharing the books with a friend who is also not a mystery novel sort of person (her words), and she too is now addicted. Wonderful! And thanks for writing them! |
| Name: | Linda |
| E-mail address: | fagerland3@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I am reading my first and last Kate Wilhelm book. I realize every writer has a right to use their books as vehicles for their beliefs and agendas, but this one is just so, so insulting to anyone of even moderate political beliefs. It's a shame. |
| Name: | Kathy Wilkie |
| E-mail address: | wilkie.kathy@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Thank you, Ms. Wilhelm for many wonderful reads. I always feel as if I am living in Eugene when I read your Barbara Holloway novels. What I read them for the most is the great relationship between Barbara and her father. I had a very close relationship with my dad and after reading the novels, I fantasize a little what it would have been like if he and I had been in the same profession.
We are blessed by your gift. |
| Name: | Christy Creel |
| E-mail address: | ccreel56@msn.com |
| Comments: | I love your Barbara Holloway series and just finished "Cold Case". Are there anymore in the future?
Thank you, christy Creel |
| Name: | John Vargo |
| E-mail address: | johnvar45@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Just discovered your writings. Plan to read as many as I can. Am a avid reader and like mysteries. |
| Name: | Jared W. Ingersoll |
| E-mail address: | ingy04@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | I have thoroughly enjoyed discovering, then reading through, first the Barbara Holloway series, then the Meiklejohn/Leidl series. However, with respect to some of the latter, I have to comment that I am not keen on scifi as a genre. As an attorney, I particularly relished Holloway's keen sensitivity, believing that too many trial attorneys abound in ego and lack in the ability to watch, listen and perceive. I sure hope you add to her anthology! |
| Name: | Kathy |
| E-mail address: | kblake213@juno.com |
| Comments: | Hi Kate,
I have read four of your books and throughly enjoyed them. It is so nice to find books that are well written without all the trash talk in them. I am currently reading your Barbara Holloway series or I should say listening to them. I am also a transplant to Oregon and enjoy the books being set in the Eugene area. I hope you keep up the great work for a long time to come. Thanks, Kathy |
| Name: | William |
| E-mail address: | william@cox.net |
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| Name: | C Fitzsimmons |
| E-mail address: | cjf@toast.net |
| Comments: | Recently read The Winter Beach (1981).
Brought to mind Zadig (Voltaire) Laseter's internal dialogue...intelligent savage. |
| Name: | Nancy |
| E-mail address: | nanckitty@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Hi, Kate Wilhelm.
I recently discovered your Barbara Holloway novels and read them all in a matter of weeks. I loved the detective work and courtroom scenes. For whole hours at a time my personal troubles melted away. The characters became familiar old friends, making the novels a comforting retreat. I enjoyed Barbara's companionable yet not unconflicted relationship with her father. Barbara's struggle for justice in a skewed system, her dedicated and virtually superhuman hard work, her brilliance, and her soul-searching in work and in love made her complex and human and inspirational. Thank you for these novels. |
| Name: | Marie Johnson |
| E-mail address: | whemjohnson@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I finished reading your bio on the computer, and was wondering, if you have more to add to it. I am in a reading group at our Church in Lake Oswego, and this month we chose to read books by you. I have been reading the Barabara Holloway series for a few years. I also thought it interesting you used one of the lawyers in A Wongful Death to have the name of Robert Crais. I am also a fan of his mysteries. On the back of Cold Case it said, "you were writing a new novel." Is it out yet? |
| Name: | Rachel Carroll |
| E-mail address: | snowbird_53us@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I like your books and I know the places you talk about.aug12 |
| Name: | Rachel Carroll |
| E-mail address: | snowbird_53us@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I like your books and I know the places you talk about.aug12 |
| Name: | Silvio Fittipaldi |
| E-mail address: | lambtrees@aol.com |
| Comments: | Many thanks for many hours of wonderous reading and imagining in connection with your many works of fiction. It was many yeara ago that I first read some of you science fiction. Recently, I have been reading your mystery novels - again wonderful with legal, psychological and relational insights and processes.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!! Silvio Fittipaldi |
| Name: | Lori Carroll |
| E-mail address: | mizqun2u@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Hello Kate -
I am writing on behalf of the RCRW and would like to request a mailing address for you so we can send you an invitation to a professional event next Spring. Thank you and we hope you are having a fabulous summer! |
| Name: | barbara dailey |
| E-mail address: | daileyrecord@msn.com |
| Comments: | Your novels that are from the McKenzie river area have been very refreshing to my family and I. Reading them has taken us back to our roots in the area were we spent the 1960's. My dad has said that he can drive right to the spot from your discriptions. Thankyou again for writing such engaging stories. |
| Name: | Peter |
| E-mail address: | gbi58@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hello!
I am the activities coordinator at a senior retirement community in Eugene. We have had the honor of having writers come and talk to our very active residents (among them a number of writers). I wonder if you on occasion speak to groups such as these and if perhaps you would consider such an event. Thanks for the work you do and the enjoyment you have given our residents, my wife and myself! |
| Name: | Sarah Cook |
| E-mail address: | sarah_cook@charter.net |
| Comments: | Recently discovered Barbara Holloway and can't think how I missed her for so long. She's a delight! Many thanks. |
| Name: | Susan Prater Spencer |
| E-mail address: | justsendittosue@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Hello Cousin Kate,
No, I'm not being overly familiar, or kidding either.Quite the opposite, actually. Your mother was my Great-Aunt Anne, and because I liked her so much, I put a picture of her, with Uncle Jesse, in a collage (of our shared Stuteville/Meredith ancestors) in my room. It suddenly came to me that you might like to have a copy of this picture, too. I'll have to ask my mom for the original to get a decent copy, and I'll try to nail down when it was taken. From their clothing and hair, I'm guessing the 30's would be about right. Jesse, was my maternal granny's rowdy little brother, and he looks the part, but Aunt Anne looks pretty much like a much younger version of herself as I knew her. She was one of my all-time favorite relatives, because she let us slide down her (carpeted) stairs on our bellies every time we went to her house. I remember the first time I could appreciate that all the screaming and laughing and pounding the stairwell took, didn't set her back a bit. She was cool, before I knew what cool was. If you are anything like either of them, I'm sorry I never knew you. I suppose you might like a picture of your grandmother Meredith too, (you look more like a Meredith than I do). Yikes,didn't mean to send you a manuscript. Thanks for your time. Let me know if there is a better email address to use. Sue |
| Name: | Valerie McCord-Rutherford |
| E-mail address: | kingzkid226@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I am so mad at myself because I just now found your books in the library. I enjoy reading your books. Thank you so much for your writings. I pray that you will bless us for years to come. |
| Name: | Ronnie Specht |
| E-mail address: | bjbeeman2@msn.com |
| Comments: | If you are going to downtown Louisville Saturday can I get a ride to the fourth street roller rink? |
| Name: | Patricia Stephens |
| E-mail address: | badpenny65@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Greetings from Lima, Ohio!
I just finished the latest Barbara Holloway book "Cold Case" WOW!! They just keep getting better! Thanks! |
| Name: | Amber Johnson |
| E-mail address: | jericho4@netzero.com |
| Comments: | Dear Ms.Wilhelm;
You will be the first author that I have signed a guestbook for and will be able to tell them how much I enjoy their books. I started with Desperate Measures and was so hooked that I've read all of your Barbara Holloway novels (can't find Cold Case!) One of the things that make reading your novels so personal and enyoyable is being able to visiualize the area you are talking about. I live in Idaho but have lived in Oregon also. One more thing I would like to say is your books, especially the Holloway books, make me hungry just reading about what her father, Frank, or some of the other characters are cooking for her! Best regards to a wonderful person for sharing such talent with people. |
| Name: | Margaret Jacques |
| E-mail address: | ann-1993@live.com |
| Comments: | I would love to see the bibliography brought up to date. I am a huge fan thans for this site! |
| Name: | Celesta |
| E-mail address: | celesta.eustice@verizon.net |
| Comments: | It seems like I have been waiting forever for the next Barbara Holloway book...when is the next one being published? |
| Name: | Margaret |
| E-mail address: | ma5993423@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Are you thinking about and/or talking about "terrorism"?
I can't figure out how to question it so my questions make sense to people who believe in "just war". I'm making more than one assumption in addressing you in this way - and if I have guessed wrong about what you might think about these issues, I apologize. I would be happy to hear a response either way. |
| Name: | Krys |
| E-mail address: | jdk.fishhawk@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Hi, I love the Barbara Holloway series. What type of Cats does Barbara's father have? |
| Name: | Pam Warren |
| E-mail address: | pamawar@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I live in England now, but am a born and bred Oregonian, having lived on Mt. Hood and in Springfield. Most of the places Ms. Wilhelm refers to are places I know, including a description of one apartment complex where my oldest daughter once lived!
I have been listening to the Barbara Holloway series via audio books I download from the Clackamas County library and play while I work out or garden; once I start, I can't seem to stop! I echo someone's comment about the narrators not getting NW names right; it does grate a bit. Anna Fields is my favorite, though they are all good. I have never listened to an audio book before, and was not sure how I would like them, but I enjoy them very much. My husband and I travel the world extensively for work, and the next long trip to the US in a few weeks will be designated to introduce him to Barbara Holloway so he knows what I makes me zone out with a book on tape - he says I'm like a teenager, with headphones on, completely transfixed. He's British, but knows the area quite well, too, and I'm sure he'll enjoy them as much as I have, and I can't wait to tease him the way he's teased me! I can only hope to one day meet Kate Wilhelm; like many others, I feel as if I know her, just from reading her work. I have listened to all the Barbara Holloway books, and am now moving on to others. I hope they are all on tape, as it suits my current lifestyle. Thank you, Ms. Wilhelm, for allowing your books to be made available via library download. I would never have learned about your books otherwise. You are a fanastic writer and I find it delightful to hear stories about my 'heart home', Eugene/Springfield, which I miss so desperately! |
| Name: | Gloria |
| E-mail address: | glopa95@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed your Barbara Holloway books.
I think I have read them all but would like a list. Borders and Amazon don't seem to have anything new. Is a wrongful death the last one written? Thanks |
| Name: | Joyce Flasch |
| E-mail address: | interiormotives@shawbiz.ca |
| Comments: | I absolutely love the Barbara Holloway series! I very rarely read a book the second time but this series I do re-read and enjoy every time. Wonderful characters !!
Thank you for many pleasurable hours. Joyce Flasch Calgary, Alberta Canada |
| Name: | Laura Wade |
| E-mail address: | kandlewade@webtv.net |
| Comments: | I have only found you this year but I can not put your books down. I often wonder where you get your keen knowledge of law and courtroom procedures. I thoroughly enjoy your writing. It is so fresh and each story so new. I am 80, born in '29, lost my husband in 2002- retired elementary principal. We have raised three sons and I have always lived in Coos County - went to the U. of O. and taught remedial subjects in the elementary cb schools for seven years, then retired to raise our three, went back but over to the Com.
College and taught in aBE-GED-ESl at the non-reader to 4th g. level. That was so rewarding, also. I still am amazed at how you weave your stories. I find I would rather read your books that just about anything. I do hope you are in good health and I am sorry you lost your husband, too. Sincerely, Laura Wade |
| Name: | Barbara Connolly |
| E-mail address: | Carmyle@pacbell.net |
| Comments: | I just finished reading, When Late the Sweet Birds Sang, and am looking on line for more of Kate Wilhelm's science fiction books without any luck. I haven't read the mystery series yet, but I might try one this summer. The science fiction just catches my fancy at present. Thanks for the really good story. |
| Name: | Dee |
| E-mail address: | litehouse@aol.com |
| Comments: | I have ready every book in the Barbara Holloway series. Will there be any more?? |
| Name: | Barbara A Holloway |
| E-mail address: | griggsban@aol.com |
| Comments: | came across your name when goggled my own name, and had to look up your site, will try and find your books in storeand read about my name sake. love mysteries. |
| Name: | Linda Hengst - ED, Ohioana Library Association |
| E-mail address: | lhengst@ohoana.org |
| Comments: | Congratulation on receiving the RT Book Reviews 2008 Career Achievement Award for Mystery Series. As the ED of the Ohioana Library we are so very proud to call you an Ohioana. And, as a reader, I am a lover of your books.
Most sincerely, Linda Hengst |
| Name: | Judy |
| E-mail address: | judykufahl@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Hello, I very much enjoyed the Judge Sara Drexler book. If you don't mind me asking, why were there no more books with her character? Thank you. |
| Name: | andrew laboy |
| E-mail address: | daowei4211@yahoo.com |
| Name: | Bill |
| E-mail address: | spamfilter1@iname.com |
| Comments: | Kate Wilhelm is a wonderful writer. Unfortunately, she is also a member of the Author's Guild, the organization which is trying to ban the sale of used books, and also wants to ban the text-to-speech feature of the Amazon Kindle, in both cases claiming that these are "copyright" violations. If they have their way, it will be illegal for you to read a book out loud.
This deplorable and offensive policy disgusts me. I will not purchase any author's books who is a member of this guild, unless they publicly declare that they do NOT support this effort. |
| Name: | Bill |
| E-mail address: | spamfilter1@iname.com |
| Comments: | Kate Wilhelm is a wonderful writer. Unfortunately, she is also a member of the Author's Guild, the organization which is trying to ban the sale of used books, and also wants to ban the text-to-speech feature of the Amazon Kindle, in both cases claiming that these are "copyright" violations. If they have their way, it will be illegal for you to read a book out loud.
This deplorable and offensive policy disgusts me. I will not purchase any author's books who is a member of this guild, unless they publicly declare that they do NOT support this effort. |
| Name: | barbara sanchez |
| E-mail address: | sanchez-barbara@att.net |
| Comments: | I have been reading your work for many years. My favorite stories are the ones about Constance and Charlie. I read them as much for the relationship as for the layered and magnetic plots. |
| Name: | Paula Graham |
| E-mail address: | thibou@rogers.com |
| Comments: | I have been reading Kate Wilhelm's work since the 1970's. As a storyteller (TO has a thriving Storytelling community here) Cambio Bay, Juniper Time and The Good Children have a particular draw for me with their elements of myth and magic. (Coyote is an old acquaintance.)
Her Barbara Holloway mysteries draw me to a beautiful part of the world I have travelled in (I have a friend in Hood River) where the sense of place is every bit a character in these stories. Death Qualified is one of the books I re-visit. |
