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Sharon Shinn

b. 1957

American science fiction writer

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Born 1957. Sharon Shinn is an American journalist, novelist, science fiction writer and writer.

Sharon Shinn (born 1957) is an American novelist who writes combining aspects of fantasy, science fiction and romance. She has published more than a dozen novels for adult and young adult readers. Her works include the Shifting Circles Series, the Samaria Series, the Twelve Houses Series, and a rewriting of Jane Eyre, Jenna Starborn. She works as a journalist in St. Louis, Missouri and is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Shinn is a St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Rams fan and is also a big fan of the TV Show Lost. She is a frequent attender of science-fiction/fantasy conventions. Her first guest of honor stint at a convention was ArmadilloCon 26. She was also the guest of honor at the convention Capricon 29.

In 2009, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.

In Laurell K Hamilton's novel Obsidian Butterfly of her Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, Anita Blake mentions that she reads Sharon Shinn's novels to help her deal with her phobia of flying.

Awards William L. Crawford Award (awarded by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for best first fantasy novel) (1996) Twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1995, 1996) Summers at Castle Auburn named to the ALA list of Best Books (2002).

Works

Safe-Keeper series

The Safe-Keeper's Secret (Puffin Books, 2004) The Truth-Teller's Tale (Puffin Books, 2005) The Dream-Maker's Magic (Viking Press, 2006)

Samaria series

Archangel (Ace Books, 1996) Jovah's Angel (Ace Books, 1997) The Alleluia Files (Ace Books, 1997) Angelica (Ace Books, 2003) Although this is the fourth novel in the Samaria series, it is set before the first book Archangel. Angel-Seeker (Ace Books, 2004) This novel is set immediately after the first book Archangel.

Twelve Houses series

"Flame" (Ace Books, 2009) in Quatrain Mystic and Rider (Ace Books, 2005) The Thirteenth House (Ace Books, 2006) "When Winter Comes" (Berkley Books, 2006) in The Queen of Winter Shifter and Shadow (Fairwood Press, 2025; novella) Dark Moon Defender (Ace Books, 2006) Reader and Raelynx (Ace Books, 2007) Fortune and Fate (Ace Books, 2008)

Elemental Blessings series

Troubled Waters (Ace Books, 2010) Royal Airs (Ace Books, 2013) Jeweled Fire (Ace Books, 2015) Unquiet Land (Ace Books, 2016) Whispering Wood (Fairwood Press, 2024)

Shifting Circle series

The Shape of Desire (Ace Books, 2012) Still Life With Shape Shifter (Ace Books, 2012) The Turning Season (Ace Books, 2014)

Uncommon Echoes series Echo in Onyx (audiobook, Audible, March 2019; trade paperback and ebook, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency, August 2019) Echo in Emerald (audiobook, Audible, March 2019; trade paperback and ebook, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency, 2019) Echo in Amethyst (audiobook, Audible, March 2019; trade paperback and ebook, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency, 2019)

Other novels The Shape-Changer's Wife (Ace Books, 1995) Heart of Gold (Ace Books, 2000) Wrapt in Crystal (Ace Books, 2000) Summers at Castle Auburn (Ace Books, 2002) Jenna Starborn (Ace Books, 2003) General Winston's Daughter (Viking Press, 2007) Gateway (Viking Press, 2009) Shattered Warrior (First Second Books, 2017), a graphic novel illustrated by Lee Knox Ostertag The Shuddering City (Fairwood Press, 2022) Alibi (Fairwood Press, 2024)

Anthologies and collections

"Blood"

"Gold"

"Flame"2009Ace Books"Flight" is set in Samaria "Blood" is set in the world of Heart of Gold

"Gold" is set after Summers at Castle Auburn

"The Unrhymed Couplets of the Universe"2021Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency"Unrhymed Couplets" first appeared in the January 2008 issue of the online magazine Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show

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Important facts

Born
1957, Wichita
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Education
Northwestern University
Awards
Crawford Award
Also known as
Sharon Ruth Shinn

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sharon Shinn?

American science fiction writer

When was Sharon Shinn born?

Sharon Shinn was born in 1957 in Wichita.

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Sharon Shinn is a journalist, novelist, science fiction writer and writer.

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Sharon Shinn is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sharon Shinn

· Wikidata: Q2277277

· DBpedia: Sharon Shinn

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