Barbara Jeanne Paul (June 5, 1931 – 2022) was an American writer of

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and science fiction. She was born in

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in 1931 and was educated at

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and the

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. A number of her novels feature in-jokes: for example ''Full Frontal Murder'' borrows various names from the British TV series ''

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''. Paul lived near

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. She died in 2022, at the age of 91.

Bibliography

Science fiction novels

*''An Exercise for Madmen'' (1978) *''Pillars of Salt'' (1978) *''Bibblings'' (1979) *''Under the Canopy'' (1980) *''The Three-Minute Universe'' (1988) (a

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novel)

Mystery novels

*''The Fourth Wall'' (1979) *''Liars and Tyrants and People Who Turn Blue'' (1980) *''First Gravedigger'' (1980) *'' Your Eyelids Are Growing Heavy'' (1981) *''The Renewable Virgin'' (1984) *'' Kill Fee'' (1985) (Later adapted into a 1990 TV-film ''

Murder C.O.D. ''Murder C.O.D.'' is a 1990 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Alan Metzger starring Patrick Duffy and William Devane based on the Barbara Paul novel '' Kill Fee''. The movie was filmed in Portland, Oregon in May 1990, i ...

''.) *''A Cadenza for Caruso'' (1984) *''Prima Donna at Large'' (1985) *''But He Was Already Dead When I Got There'' (1986) *''A Chorus of Detectives'' (1987) *''He Huffed and He Puffed'' (1989) *''Good King Sauerkraut'' (1989) *''In-laws and Outlaws'' (1990) (Later adapted into a 1997 TV-film ''Der Tusel der Furcht''.) *''You Have the Right To Remain Silent'' (1992) *''The Apostrophe Thief'' (1993) *''Fare Play'' (1995) *''Full Frontal Murder'' (1997)

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