Barbara Wilson (author)

[1][2] As Barbara Sjoholm, she is the author of memoir, essays, a biography, and travelogues, including The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O’Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea, which was a finalist for the PEN USA award in creative nonfiction.

Wilson later expressed regrets that the aspects of lesbian identity present in the book were eliminated from the film.

[6] After a hiatus of many years, Wilson published a new mystery, Not the Real Jupiter, with her character Cassandra Reilly, in 2021.

[9][10] She wrote The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O’Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea, which was a finalist for the PEN USA award in creative nonfiction.

Sjoholm has also translated two books by Demant Hatt, the travel narrative, With the Lapps in the High Mountains, and By the Fire: Sami Folktales and Legends.