Author
Barbara Truelove
Associated Country
Australia
Barbara Truelove is an author and game designer known for blending speculative fiction, horror, fantasy, and humor into imaginative and unconventional stories. Her work often features supernatural creatures, unusual protagonists, and inventive settings, combining playful concepts with emotional depth and character-driven storytelling. Drawing on a love of genre fiction, she creates narratives that balance adventure, wit, and heartfelt exploration of identity and belonging.
Before establishing herself as a novelist, Truelove worked in a variety of fields, including television production, hospitality, and education. She has also written interactive fiction and game narratives, bringing a strong sense of player agency and worldbuilding to her storytelling. Through her fiction and game design work, she has built a reputation for creativity, humor, and a willingness to embrace the strange and unexpected.
Before establishing herself as a novelist, Truelove worked in a variety of fields, including television production, hospitality, and education. She has also written interactive fiction and game narratives, bringing a strong sense of player agency and worldbuilding to her storytelling. Through her fiction and game design work, she has built a reputation for creativity, humor, and a willingness to embrace the strange and unexpected.
Books
Patricia is a reformed zombie. She’s also an influencer—the wholesome, homey, traditional values kind—a career built up with the help of her husband, Ralph. Cooking, shopping, and hanging out with her...
She's a Doll 2026
Lucy isn’t a normal girl. Ghost. Victim. Killer. She’s a doll on a mission—to find the man who killed her and return the favor. Lucy McQuinn has been murdered, but she’s not about to go quietly. If...
Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would...