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Sharon Shinn

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Sharon Shinn
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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.

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Shinn is a die-hard St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Rams fan and is also a big fan of the TV Show Lost.[1] 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.[2]

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.

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Safe-Keepers series

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

Samaria series

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

Twelve Houses series

  1. Mystic and Rider (Ace Books, 2005)
  2. The Thirteenth House (Ace Books, 2006)
  3. Dark Moon Defender (Ace Books, 2006)
  4. Reader and Raelynx (Ace Books, 2007)
  5. Fortune and Fate (Ace Books, 2008)

Elemental Blessings series

  1. Troubled Waters (Ace Books, 2010)
  2. Royal Airs (Ace Books, 2013)
  3. Jeweled Fire (Ace Books, 2015)
  4. Unquiet Land (Ace Books, 2016)
  5. Whispering Wood (Fairwood Press, 2024)

Shifting Circle series

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

Uncommon Echoes series

  1. Echo in Onyx (audiobook, Audible, March 2019; trade paperback and ebook, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency, August 2019)
  2. Echo in Emerald (audiobook, Audible, March 2019; trade paperback and ebook, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency, 2019)
  3. Echo in Amethyst (audiobook, Audible, March 2019; trade paperback and ebook, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency, 2019)

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