Lisa Smedman

Lisa Smedman is a science fiction and fantasy author and journalist. Her novel Extinction, set in the Forgotten Realms universe, was a New York Times bestseller. Smedman first became known for gaming adventure novels, and later published her own independent fantasy novels.

Background Smedman was born and raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in anthropology from the University of British Columbia and a journalism diploma from Langara College in Vancouver. and having published two non-fiction books on the history of Vancouver.

Smedman lives in Richmond, British Columbia.

Writing Smedman is one of the most prolific authors of science fiction and fantasy gaming tie-in novels in Canada. She first began writing stories in elementary school.

In the late 1980s, Smedman began to write for Dragon magazine. This enabled her to write her first gaming adventure for TSR, Inc.—the creators of Dungeons & Dragons—in 1993.

Smedman's first novel, The Lucifer Deck, was set in the Roc Books Shadowrun universe and was published in 1997. Smedman used her own childhood experiences with homosexuality to fashion a child protagonist who, after changing into a magical creature and being rejected by her family, finds herself homeless on the streets.

Books

Forgotten Realms Heirs of Prophecy 2002 Venom's Taste (House of Serpents, book one) 2004 Viper's Kiss (House of Serpents, book two) 2005 Vanity's Brood (House of Serpents, book three) March 2006 House of Serpents: A Forgotten Realms Omnibus (This omnibus collects all three volumes of the House of Serpents trilogy: Venom's Taste, Viper's Kiss, and Vanity's Brood.) Extinction (War of the Spider Queen, book four) January 2004 Sacrifice of the Widow (The Lady Penitent, book one) March 2007 Storm of the Dead (The Lady Penitent, book two) out August 2007 Ascendency of the Last (The Lady Penitent, book three) June 2008 The Gilded Rune 2012

Shadowrun The Lucifer Deck Blood Sport Psychotrope The Forever Drug Tails You Lose

VOR: The Maelstrom

The Playback War

Other novels The Apparation Trail 2004 Creature Catchers March 2007

Non-fiction From Boneshakers to Choppers: The Rip-Roaring History of the Motorcycle Vancouver: Stories of a City Immigrants: Stories of Vancouver's People