In 1984 Forrest published two more bestselling novels, in very different genres. In 1994 Curious Wine became the first lesbian novel to be recorded on audiotape. Curious Wine sold more than 100,000 copies and is said to be the most widely read lesbian novel since Radclyffe Hall's early classic The Well of Loneliness (1928). Her first novel, Curious Wine (1983), was an erotic romance detailing the relationship between two women, Diana Holland and Lane Christianson. Within five years, she established herself as one of the most popular authors of lesbian fiction in the U.S. She eventually became an American citizen and continued to live in California, primarily in San Francisco and Los Angeles.įorrest worked a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer in 1979. She later moved to California and attended the University of California at Los Angeles. In 1957 she moved from Canada to the U.S., where she attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Her adoptive parents both died while she was in high school. Forrest is also a noted editor of lesbian fiction, holding the position of senior fiction editor for Naiad Press, the largest publisher of lesbian fiction in the United States.įorrest was adopted as a young child. Although she is best known for a series of mystery novels involving a lesbian police detective, she has also written science fiction, erotica, and romances.
Forrest has written novels and short fiction in a wide variety of genres, all dealing with lesbian protagonists and intended primarily for lesbian readers.
Born 20 April 1939, Windsor, Ontario, Canadaĭaughter (adopted) of Leland W.
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