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Home Blog POST TOPICS Awards and Reviews

Awards and Reviews

Book reviews of Karin Kallmaker's novels, novellas, and short stories, as well as awards won by individual works or for her body of work.

cover All the Wrong Places by Karin Kallmaker. Review by Loving Venus, Loving Mars. "The feel of chatting with a girlfriend and her sharing everything that happened."

A is for Above Temptation and All the Wrong Places

Karin Kallmaker 09/07/2010 Above Temptation, All the Wrong Places, Awards and Reviews

This is an exciting read, with lots of action and a yummy romance.

#lesbianromance#lesficReviews
cover The Kiss that Counted, Goldie winner medal, Lambda winner medal, by Karin Kallmaker "Full of suspense and mystery, deeply moving characters and storytelling." Lambda Literary Review

Thinking for a Living – and Thankful

Karin Kallmaker 07/31/2009 Awards and Reviews, Craft of Writing, Kiss That Counted

I can blow an entire year’s worth of interesting thoughts in one chapter of a book, which could literally be one day in a character’s life. That means I have to sponge up other people’s interesting thoughts. Fortunately, there are lots of other people. Some of them are even friends.

#limegreenpantiesLesbian Romance
cover The Kiss that Counted, Goldie winner medal, Lambda winner medal, by Karin Kallmaker "Full of suspense and mystery, deeply moving characters and storytelling." Lambda Literary Review

Sleepless in the City that Never Sleeps

Karin Kallmaker 05/29/2009 Awards and Reviews, Kiss That Counted, Sisters of the Pen

It’s hard to sleep after you’ve been hugged by Kate Clinton.

#TwoMoreLammysLesbian RomanceRadclyffe

Golden Crown Finalists Announced!

Karin Kallmaker 06/14/2008 Awards and Reviews, Finders Keepers, In Deep Waters Volume 1

Two of my 2007 works are finalists for Goldies!

#GCLSLesbian Romance
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To Publish or Tell a Good Story?

Karin Kallmaker 08/22/2007 Awards and Reviews, Business of Books, Christabel, Craft of Writing, In Every Port, Kiss That Counted, laura adams, Maybe Next Time, Painted Moon - First Edition, Touchwood - First Edition

The woman who sees in my books an affirmation of who she is and her right to basic respect and hope in her life…

#amwriting
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Random Trivial Things

  • Trivia: Bulgarian Cowboys?
    Cowboys in Russia (Love by the Numbers) were inspired by the rollicking "Bulgarian Cowboy" from pianist Paul Halley, which in turn was inspired by his travels in Russia with the Paul Winter Consort.

Featured Published Things

  • A forty-something blonde white woman in a simple black dress that reveals her neck and shoulders is driving an old-fashioned car as sun streams onto her through the windshield. "A Coin of Love Romance, Wind in Her Hair, Goldie and Lammy Winner Karin Kallmaker" Wind in Her Hair - Historical Romance - eBook $4.99 $4.59

Cookies, Cheer, and Chill

Sapphic holiday romances by Karin Kallmaker

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Random Shiny Things

  • Substitute for Love at Womyn’s Words
    One of Karin Kallmaker's best and most engrossing books yet!
  • Reader Comments about Do Overs Plus Two More
    An excellent writer, with lots of experience, and it shows.
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