A Sheri S. Tepper Bibliography

Biographical Information | Contact Information
Works
Published Interviews | Awards
Literary Criticism

Biographical Information

Born in 1929, Denver, Colorado. Two children. Lives in New Mexico.

Pseudonyms: A. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, B. J. Oliphant.

Other names: Sheri S. Eberhart

Contact Information

Agent: Howard Morhaim, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010 (or 10110), USA

Works

• The Revenants. Berkley Publishing. 1984.
• After Long Silence. 1987. (published as The Enigma Score in the U.K.)
• The Gate to Women's Country. Doubleday. 1988.
• Beauty. Doubleday. 1991.
• A Plague of Angels. 1993.
• Shadow's End. 1994.
• Gibbon's Decline & Fall. New York: Bantam / Spectra, 1996.
• Family Tree 1997.
• Six Moon Dance. 1998.
• Singer from the Sea. 1999.
• The Fresco. 2000.
• The Visitor. 2002.

  (These works all take place in a single universe but far apart in time and space.)

• Grass. Doubleday. 1989.
• Raising the Stones. Doubleday. 1990.
• Sideshow. Doubleday. 1992.

  The Awakeners:
  Note: Issued together as The Awakeners (1987)

• NorthShore. Tor Books. 1987.
• SouthShore. Tor Books. 1987.

  Marianne Trilogy:

• Marianne, the Magus, and the Manticore. Ace Books. 1985.
• Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods. Ace Books. 1988.
• Marianne, the Matchbox, and the Malachite Mouse. Ace Books. 1989.

  The Books of the True Game: Mavin Manyshaped (Note: all three released in one omnibus edition as The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped (1985))

• The Song of Mavin Manyshaped. Ace Books. 1985.
• The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped. Ace Books. 1985.
• The Search for Mavin Manyshaped. Ace Books. 1985.

  The Books of the True Game: Peter
  (Note: all three released in one omnibus edition as The True Game (1985))

• King's Blood Four. Ace Books. 1983. (first novel)
• Necromancer's Nine. Ace Books. 1983.
• Wizard's Eleven. Ace Books. 1984.

  The Books of the True Game: Jinian
  (Note: all three of these released together as The End of the Game in a book club edition)

• Jinian Star-Eye. Tor Books. 1986.
• Dervish Daughter Tor Books. 1986.
• Jinian Footseer. Tor Books. 1985.

  Mahlia / Badger (These two books are straight-forward horror without even much of a feminist spin.)

• Blood Heritage. Tor Books. 1986.
• The Bones. Tor Books. 1987.

  Short Works

• "The Gardener" (novella). Night Visions 6. Released as The Bone Yard (1988) in mass market. (vampire story). Collaboration with F. Paul Wilson and Ray Garton.
• "The Gazebo" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1990
• "Someone Like You" in Martin Greenberg's The Further Adventures of the Joker (1990)
• "Raccoon Music" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1991
• "The Gourmet" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October/November 1991

  Poetry

• "Lullaby, 1990" (poetry) in Galaxy December 1963 as Sheri S. Eberhart
• "Ballad of the Interstellar Merchants" (in Galaxy December 1964) as Sheri S. Eberhart

  Essays / Articles

• "Extraterrestrial Trilogue" (Galaxy, December 1960, and August 1961) as Sheri S. Eberhart

E. E. Horlak (horror):

• Still Life. Bantam. 1987 / 1988.

B. J. Oliphant (mystery):

Shirley McClintock Mysteries
• Dead in the Scrub. 3/1990: Fawcett, 0-449-14653-7. (first in series)
• The Unexpected Corpse. 12/1990: Fawcett, 0-449-14674-X.
• Deservedly Dead. 6/1992: Fawcett, 0-449-14717-7.
• Death and the Delinquent. 2/1993: Fawcett, 0-449-14718-5.
• Death Served Up Cold. 1994: Fawcett, 0-449-14896-3.
• A Ceremonial Death. 1996: Fawcett, 0-449-14897-1.
• Here's to the Newly Deads. 1997: Fawcett, 0-449-14992-7.

A. J. Orde (mysteries featuring a Colorado antiques dealer and his SO a female cop):

The Jason Lynx Mysteries
• A Little Neighborhood Murder: A Jason Lynx Novel. 1989: Doubleday, 0385260377. (1992: Ballantine, ISBN 0-449-22026-5)
• Death and the Dogwalker: A Jason Lynx Novel. 1990: Doubleday, 03852667153. (1993: Fawcett, ISBN 0-449-22027-3)
• Dead on Sunday. 1991. (1994: Ballantine/Fawcett, 0-449-22282-9)
• Death for Old Time's Sake: A Jason Lynx Novel. 1992: Doubleday, 0385419414. (1994: Ballantine, 0-449-22193-8)
• Looking for the Aardvark. 1993: Doubleday, 0-385-41942-2. (also published in paperback as Dead on Sunday, 1994 ???)
• A Long Time Dead. 1995: Fawcett. 1994: Collins Crime, London, 000232539X.
• A Death of Innocents: A Jason Lynx Novel. 1996, 1997. 1997: Fawcett, 449225194.

Published Interviews

• Locus. September, 1989, p. 15.
• Locus. August 1991, pp. 4, 69.
• Locus. July 1994, v. 33, no. 1, issue #402. pp. 4, 80-81.

Awards & Honors

• Hugo nomination, 1990 for Grass
• New York Times Notable Book citation for Grass
• 1991, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, for Beauty
• Edgar nomination, Mystery Writers of America, for Dead in the Scrub
• 1996, shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, for Gibbon's Decline and Fall
• WisCon 22, Guest of Honor

Literary Criticism & Reviews

1. Fitting, Peter. "Reconsiderations of the Separatist Paradigm in Recent Feminist Science Fiction." Science Fiction Studies Volume 19 no. 1 (56) (March 1992), pages 32-48. Discusses Pamela Sargent's The Shore of Women, Joan Slonczewski's A Door Into Ocean, and Sheri Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country.
2. Levy, Michael. "Green SF and Eco Feminism." Originally published in IAFA Newsletter, Spring 1989 issues. Reprinted in Robert Collins and Robert Latham, editors, Science Fiction and Fantasy book Review Annual, 1989 Edition (Westport, CN: Meckler, 1990). "Review article of recent work by Octavia Butler, Nancy Kress, Pamela Sargent, and Sheri S. Tepper" -- ML.

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