Style:Novels, Short Fiction (anything under 10k words is "short" for Barb)

Interests: My son, biology, ice-skating, humanity, theatre, dancing (best without shoes)

Samples:
  *  Excerpt from Revelation
  *  Star Trek short: Partner

A Brief Bio:

Barbara E. Hill began writing her first novel in her 10th grade algebra class and has never looked back. She received her B.S. in Organismal Biology from the University of Kansas (what better way to learn how to write killer aliens?) and went on to finish her M.A. in Creative Writing under the direct tutelage of James Gunn in the early 90's.

Her second novel and master's thesis, SONG OF THE LAMKEE, is currently languishing in the dungeons of Avon books (desperately awaiting succor from Ginjer Buchannon) and she is currently working on the completion of her third novel, REVELATION.

Barbara lives in a gargoyle-encrusted section of Brooklyn with her seven-year-old son. She is addicted to figure skating, roller blades in good weather and is passing fair at gardening. Barbara can, on occasion, be found dabbling in fencing, jujitsu and the theatre (her latest stint was off-Broadway last winter in the Village) and always has the latest assortment of technological toys littered about.

She began NobleFusion in the dawn of 1994 (at that time known as Those Who Shall Remain Nameless) and holds the expanded collective as her favorite authors and the Principle Founders among her closest friends.

Favorite Books/Links

Ursula K. Le Guin, Piers Anthony, Isaac Asimov and Anne MacCaffrey are the primary primogenitors of Barbara's literary palate and writing style.

Fantasy:

• Dragon Riders Of Pern Trilogy --Anne Mccaffrey
• The Last Herald Mage Trilogy -- Mercedes Lackey
• The Chronicles Of Amber -- Roger Zelazny
• The Elric Saga -- Michael Moorcock
• Black Sun Rising -- C. S. Friedman
• Jhereg -- Steven Brust
• The Incarnations Of Immortality -- Piers Anthony
• The Once And Future King -- T. H. White
• The Mists Of Avalon -- Marion Zimmer Bradley

SciFi:

• Chanur's Pride -- C. J. Cherryh
• Dune -- Frank Herbert
• Foundation -- Isaac Asimov
• Ender's Game -- Orson Scott Card
• Grass -- Sheri S. Tepper

Literary:

• Henry V -- William Shakespeare
• Le Morte D'Arthur -- Sir Thomas Mallory
• Lolita -- Vladimir Nabokov
• Paradise Lost -- John Milton
• Beowulf

Links:

United States Figure Skating Association
http://www.usfsa.org/

E-Bay
http://www.ebay.com/

Ain't it Cool News
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/

Palm Gear
http://www.palmgear.com/

Levenger
http://levenger.com/