Sharon Shinn


Sharon Shinn 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 die-hard 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.
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Works

Safe-Keeper series

  1. The Safe-Keeper's Secret
  2. The Truth-Teller's Tale
  3. ''The Dream-Maker's Magic''

Samaria series

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

Twelve Houses series

  • "Flame" in Quatrain
  1. Mystic and Rider
  2. The Thirteenth House
  • "When Winter Comes" in The Queen of Winter
  • Shifter and Shadow
  2. Dark Moon Defender
  3. Reader and Raelynx
  4. ''Fortune and Fate''

Elemental Blessings series

  1. Troubled Waters
  2. Royal Airs
  3. Jeweled Fire
  4. Unquiet Land
  5. ''Whispering Wood''

Shifting Circle series

  1. The Shape of Desire
  2. Still Life With Shape Shifter
  3. ''The Turning Season''

Uncommon Echoes series

  1. Echo in Onyx
  2. Echo in Emerald
  3. ''Echo in Amethyst''

Other novels

The Shape-Changer's Wife Heart of Gold Wrapt in Crystal Summers at Castle Auburn Jenna Starborn General Winston's Daughter Gateway Shattered Warrior, a graphic novel illustrated by Lee Knox OstertagThe Shuddering City
  • ''Alibi''