Susan Shwartz


Susan Shwartz is an American author.

Education and career

She received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1972 and a PhD in English from Harvard University.
Shwartz's Heirs to Byzantium trilogy – Byzantium's Crown, The Woman of Flowers and Queensblade is an alternate history series. The Heirs to Byzantium novels are set in a world where Marc Antony defeats Octavius in the Battle of Actium, and joins with Cleopatra to make Byzantium capital of the Roman Empire.
Shwartz's novel The Grail of Hearts is a fantasy that features the Holy Grail. It also features a sympathetic version of Kundry from Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal; Shwart's Kundry is depicted as a version of the Wandering Jew.
Shwartz has published several novels and sixty short stories.

Works

Novels

The Woman of Flowers Byzantium's Crown Silk Roads and Shadows Queensblade Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights Heritage of Flight Imperial Lady with Andre NortonArabesques II The Grail of Hearts Empire of the Eagle with Andre Norton. Historical novel about a group of Romans who flee the Battle of Carrhae and travel to India and China. Shards of Empire Cross and Crescent Second Chances Hostile Takeover
She has also collaborated with science fiction writer Judith Tarr on the following works:
  • S.M. Stirling – Blood Feuds and Blood Vengeance
  • CoDominium – Blood Feuds Susan Shwartz, S.M. Stirling, Judith Tarr, and Harry Turtledove and Blood Vengeance Susan Shwartz, S.M. Stirling, Judith Tarr, and Harry Turtledove.

Star Trek novels

All co-written with Josepha Sherman
  • Vulcan's Forge
  • Vulcan's Heart
  • Exodus: Vulcan's Soul Book One
  • Exiles: Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Book Two
  • ''Epiphany: Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Book Three''

Short-stories

Suppose They Gave a Peace...
  • ''And the Glory of Them''

Awards

Winner

Nominated