Barbara Paul

{{Short description|American novelist (1931–2022)}}

{{For|the author previously writing under the pseudonym Barbara Paul|Barbara Ovstedal}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|06|05}}

| birth_place = Maysville, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = 2022 (aged 91)

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| occupation = Novelist

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| website = {{URL|http://www.barbarapaul.com/}}

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Barbara Jeanne Paul (June 5, 1931 – 2022) was an American writer of detective stories and science fiction. She was born in Maysville, Kentucky in 1931 and was educated at Bowling Green State University and the University of Pittsburgh.

A number of her novels feature in-jokes: for example Full Frontal Murder borrows various names from the British TV series Blake's 7.

Paul lived near Boston, Massachusetts. She died in 2022, at the age of 91.{{cite web |title=Paul, Barbara |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/paul_barbara |website=SFE |access-date=June 14, 2022}}