{{Short description|American writer (born 1943)}} '''William Barnwell''' (born 1943) is an American author of science fiction, and of other genres. He has written the ''Blessing Trilogy'', set in a future Ireland, and which has metaphysical content. It was praised by Andre Norton, while Peter Nicholls stated that Barnwell wrote like "a member of a pseudoscience cult." In 1985, Barnwell wrote ''Book of the Romes'', a prequel to the ''Blessing Trilogy'', a historical novel with science fiction/fantasy elements.
==Partial bibliography== *''The Blessing Papers'', UK: Colin Smythe, 1979. US: Pocket Books, 1980 *''Imram'', Timescape Books/Pocket Books, 1981 *''The Sigma Curve'', Timescape/Pocket Books, 1981 *''Book of the Romes'', 1985 *Scheme of the Month Club, 2001 *Jubilee Account, 2019
==See also== *Immram
==References== *''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', page 92.
==External links== *[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/william-barnwell/blessing-papers.htm Fantastic Fiction: The books of William Barnwell] *{{isfdb name|id=William_Barnwell|name=William Barnwell}} *[http://www.williambarnwell.net/ Barnwell website] *[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barnwell_william Encyclopedia of Science Fiction article] by Peter Nicholls
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