Sharon Green
Sharon Green was an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and romance author.
Biography
Green was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1942 to Morris Green and Esther Green. She attended high school in Brooklyn and graduated with a B.A. degree from New York University in 1963.Green married in 1963 and had three sons. In 1976, Green divorced her husband and raised her three sons, Andy, Brian and Curtis, as a single mother in Highland Park, New Jersey.
Green moved to Tennessee in 1993 and then to Florida in 2006. She moved to Old Bridge, New Jersey in 2020.
Green died at the Roosevelt Care Center on Thursday, February 17, 2022.
Career
Green began writing in high school. She styled her early writings after her favorite writer, Robert A. Heinlein.Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in several industries including as an AT&T shareowner correspondent, a construction assistant, then a bar steel assistant sales manager at an import firm.
Green began her full time writing career in 1984. Her early works were marketed as similar to John Norman's Gor series, but were actually intended as a rebuttal to Gor. Green said that she set out first to lampoon Norman's Gor books by creating three-dimensional female characters and powerful female characters in similar fantasy settings. Throughout her career she focused on writing strong female characters.
Published works
This is a selected list of Green's published works.Her website reissued some of her older out-of-print books and released several new unissued eBooks series.
The Blending series
- Convergence: Book One of The Blending, Avon, November 1996
- Competitions: Book Two of The Blending, Avon, March 1997
- Challenges: Book Three of The Blending, Avon, May 1998
- Betrayals: Book Four of The Blending, Avon, February 1999
- Prophecy: Book Five of The Blending, Avon, July 1999
The Blending Enthroned series
- Intrigues: Book One of The Blending Enthroned, Eos, October 3, 2000
- Deceptions: Book Two of The Blending Enthroned, April 3, 2001
- Destiny: Book Three of The Blending Enthroned, Eos, April 2, 2002
Diana Santee, Spaceways Agent series
- Mind Guest, DAW Books, 1984
- Gateway to Xanadu, DAW Books, 1985
Online Sequels
- Tanderon
- Tristesse Book One
- Tristesse Book Two
- Esmonia
- Xanthia
- Aysanne
- Tildor, CF Publications, 2008
- Restin, CF Publications, 2008
- Absar, CF Publications, 2008
- Gralling
- Durell
Far Side of Forever series
- The Far Side of Forever, DAW Books, 1987
- Hellhound Magic, DAW Books, 1989
Hidden Realms series
- The Hidden Realms, Avon, 1993
- Game's End, Avon, April, 1996
- Dark Mirror, Dark Dreams, Avon, 1994
Jalav: Amazon Warrior series
- The Crystals of Mida, DAW Books, 1982
- An Oath to Mida, DAW Books, 1983
- Chosen of Mida, DAW Books, 1984
- The Will of the Gods, DAW Books, 1985
- To Battle the Gods, DAW Books, 1986
Lady Blade, Lord Fighter series
- Lady Blade, Lord Fighter, DAW Books, 1987
- The Argent Swords, Bereshith Publishing, 2001
Lawman series
Direct-to-eBook releases through Green's website.-
Mind Warriors series
- Onward
Silver Princess, Golden Knight series
- Silver Princess, Golden Knight, Avon, 1993
- Wind Whispers, Shadow Shouts, Avon, July 1995
- Dark Mirror, Dark Dreams, Avon, 1994
Taz/Bell series
- Double Trouble
Terrilian series
- The Warrior Within, DAW Books, 1982
- The Warrior Enchained, DAW Books, 1983
- The Warrior Rearmed, DAW Books, 1984
- The Warrior Challenged, DAW Books, 1986
- The Warrior Victorious, DAW Books, 1987
The Thief and the Warrior series
- Mists of the Ages, DAW Books, 1988
Standalone novels