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ⓘ About Barbara D'Amato
Barbara D’Amato is an American writer, crime researcher, and playwright, who also writes as Malacai Black. Her most known work is the Cat Marsala series that debuted with the 1989 published title “Hardball”. The Cat Marsala series features Cat Marsala, a freelance investigative reporter based in Chicago. Her other works include the Gerritt De Graaf series, the Figueroa and Bennis series, and several freestanding novels. D’Amato has had a very successful career as an author though she worked in several different occupation before she turned professional. She has worked for attorneys researching criminal cases, as stage manager, tiger handler, carpenter making stages for magical illusions shows, assistant surgical orderly, and trainer with the Chicago PD.
All Book Series by Barbara D'Amato
Foolproof
Book 3 of 4 · published 2009 Co-authored · Jeanne M. Dams,Mark Richard Zubro
Of Course You Know That Chocolate is a Vegetable
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1998
Of Course You Know That Chocolate is a Vegetable
Single-title series · published 1998
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Barbara D'Amato?
Barbara D’Amato is an American writer, crime researcher, and playwright, who also writes as Malacai Black. Her most known work is the Cat Marsala series that debuted with the 1989 published title “Hardball”. The Cat Marsala series features Cat Marsala, a freelance investigative reporter based in Chicago.
Which Barbara D'Amato series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Cat Marsala Mystery series, the earliest of Barbara D'Amato's multi-book series: it opens with Hardball (1989) and runs to 9 books across 1989–2001, ending with Hard Road (2001). Barbara D'Amato's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Barbara D'Amato written?
Barbara D'Amato has 32 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1989 and 2016. 16 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Cat Marsala Mystery series with 9 books — and 16 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Barbara D'Amato's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Barbara D'Amato's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cat Marsala Mystery (1989–2001, 9 books), Figueroa and Bennis (1996–2004, 5 books) and Gerritt De Graaf (2016, 2 books).
How are Barbara D'Amato's books organised into series?
This guide splits Barbara D'Amato's 32 books into 3 named series and 16 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Cat Marsala Mystery (9 books, 1989–2001); Figueroa and Bennis (5 books, 1996–2004); Gerritt De Graaf (2 books, 2016).