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Sharon Lee


USA flag (b.1952)
Wife of Steve Miller

Born Sharon Lee Backof, Sharon graduated from Parkville Senior High School in 1970, and attended University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the late '70s while employed as Administrative Aide to the Dean of the School of Social Work and Community Planning at the UMAB Professional Schools in downtown Baltimore.

Throughout her life, Sharon has been employed as various flavors of secretary, as well as advertising copywriter, call-in talk hostess, nightside news copy editor, freelance reporter, photographer, book reviewer, and deliverer of tractor trailers. Beginning in August 1997, she served three years as the executive director of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was subsequently elected vice president, then president of that organization.

Sharon's first professional fiction publication was "A Matter of Ceremony," Amazing Stories, 1980. In addition to her contributions to the Liaden Universe, she has written two Maine-based mystery novels Barnburner and Gunshy, published by SRM Publisher, Ltdand more than a dozen short stories.

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller were married in 1980. In 1988, they relocated to Central Maine.
 


Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
April 2025

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Diviner's Bow
(Liaden Universe, book 27)
Series
Liaden Universe (with Steve Miller)
   1. Crystal Soldier (2005)
   2. Crystal Dragon (2006)
   3. Balance of Trade (2004)
   4. Plan B (1999)
   5. Local Custom (2002)
   6. Scout's Progress (2002)
   7. I Dare (2002)
   8. Conflict of Honors (1988)
   9. Agent of Change (1988)
   10. Carpe Diem (1989)
   11. Fledgling (2009)
   12. Saltation (2010)
   13. Mouse and Dragon (2010)
   The Cat's Job (2011)
   14. Ghost Ship (2011)
   15. Dragon Ship (2012)
   16. Necessity's Child (2013)
   17. Trade Secret (2013)
   18. Dragon in Exile (2015)
   19. Alliance of Equals (2016)
   20. The Gathering Edge (2017)
   21. Neogenesis (2018)
   22. Accepting the Lance (2019)
   The Wrong Lance (2020)
   23. Trader's Leap (2020)
   24. Fair Trade (2022)
   25. Salvage Right (2023)
   26. Ribbon Dance (2024)
   27. Diviner's Bow (2025)
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Jennifer Pierce Maine Mystery
   1. Barnburner (2012)
   2. Gunshy (2006)
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Duainfey (with Steve Miller)
   1. Duainfey (2008)
   2. Longeye (2009)
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Archers Beach
   1. Carousel Tides (2010)
   2. Carousel Sun (2014)
   3. Carousel Seas (2014)
   4. Surfside (2013)
   5. The Gift of Magic (2015)
   6. Spell Bound (2016)
   Doors Into Change (2024)
   Sea Wrack and Changewind (2024)
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Adventures in the Liaden Universe (with Steve Miller)
   1. Two Tales of Korval (2011)
   2. Fellow Travelers (2011)
   3. Duty Bound (2011)
   4. Certain Symmetry (2011)
   5. Trading in Futures (2011)
   6. Changeling (2011)
   7. Loose Cannon (2011)
   8. Shadows and Shades (2011)
   9. Quiet Knives (2011)
   10. With Stars Underfoot (2011)
   11. Necessary Evils (2011)
   12. Allies (2011)
   13. Dragon Tide (2011)
   14. Eidolon (2011)
   15. Misfits (2011)
   16. Halfling Moon (2011)
   17. Skyblaze (2011)
   18. Courier Run (2011)
   19. Legacy Systems (2012)
   20. Moon's Honor (2013)
   21. Technical Details (2013)
   22. Sleeping with the Enemy (2016)
   23. Change Management (2017)
   24. Due Diligence (2017)
   25. Cultivar (2017)
   26. Heirs to Trouble (2017)
   27. Degrees of Separation (2018)
   28. Fortune's Favors (2019)
   29. Shout of Honor (2019)
   30. The Gate that Locks the Tree (2020)
   31. Ambient Conditions (2020)
   32. Change State (2021)
   33. Bad Actors (2021)
   34. Bread Alone (2021)
   35. From Every Storm (2022)
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Novels
   The Tomorrow Log (2003) (with Steve Miller)
   Sword of Orion (2005) (with Steve Miller)
   The Naming of Kinzel (2011) (with Steve Miller)
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Collections
   Calamity's Child (2006) (with Steve Miller)
   Double Vision (2009) (with Steve Miller)
   Master Walk (2011) (with Steve Miller)
   Endeavors of Will (2011)
   Variations Three (2011)
   Splinter Universe Presents! (2020) (with Steve Miller)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
   Low Port (2003)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Sharon Lee
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Solar Flare (2023)
Solarpunk Stories
edited by
Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier

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Sharon Lee recommends
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Hellspark (1988)
Janet Kagan
"One of our very favorite novels in any genre. If you have not read Hellspark you must do so immediately. It's that good."

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