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Sharon Lee is the name of a Maryland-born American scribbler. Lee, who was born in September 1952, is a sexagenarian. Her birth name is Sharon Lee Backof and she schooled at Parkville Senior High School and at the University of Maryland. Lee is currently domiciled in Maine; her love for the place is seen in some of her books which are set in the backdrop of Maine. Sharon Lee was influenced by various including Ray Bradbury, Christopher Stasheff, and Georgette Heyer. She has worked as a secretary, copy writer and editor, photojournalist, and book reviewer among other occupations.
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Order of Liaden Universe Series with Steve Miller
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Conflict of Honors | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Agent of Change | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Carpe Diem | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Plan B | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Local Custom | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Scout's Progress | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
7 | I Dare | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Balance of Trade | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Crystal Soldier | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Crystal Dragon | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Fledgling | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Saltation | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Mouse and Dragon | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Ghost Ship | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Dragon Ship | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Necessity's Child | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Trade Secret | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Dragon in Exile | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Alliance of Equals | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Gathering Edge | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Neogenesis | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Accepting the Lance | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Trader's Leap | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Fair Trade | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
25 | From Every Storm (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Salvage Right | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Ribbon Dance | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Diviner's Bow | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Liaden Universe Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Crystal Soldier | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Crystal Dragon | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Balance of Trade | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Trade Secret | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Local Custom | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Scout's Progress | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Mouse and Dragon | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Conflict of Honors | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Agent of Change | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Carpe Diem | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Fledgling | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Plan B | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
13 | I Dare | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Saltation | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Ghost Ship | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Necessity's Child | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Dragon Ship | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Dragon in Exile | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Gathering Edge | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Alliance of Equals | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Neogenesis | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Accepting the Lance | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Trader's Leap | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Fair Trade | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
25 | From Every Storm (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Salvage Right | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Ribbon Dance | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Diviner's Bow | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Order of Adventures In The Liaden Universe Series with Steve Miller
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Two Tales of Korval | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Fellow Travelers | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Duty Bound | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Certain Symmetry | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Trading in Futures | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Changeling | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Loose Cannon | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Shadows and Shades | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Quiet Knives | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
10 | With Stars Underfoot | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Necessary Evils | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Allies | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Dragon Tide (Short Story) | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Eidolon | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Misfits | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Halfling Moon | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Skyblaze | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Courier Run (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Legacy Systems | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Moon's Honor | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Technical Details | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Sleeping with the Enemy (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Change Management (Short Story) | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Due Diligence (Short Story) | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Cultivar (Short Story) | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Heirs to Trouble (Short Story) | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Degrees of Separation (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Fortune's Favors (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Shout of Honor (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
30 | The Gate that Locks the Tree (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Ambient Conditions (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Change State (Short Story) | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Bad Actors (Short Story) | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Bread Alone | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Liaden Universe Collections with Steve Miller
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Liaden Universe Companion, Volume One | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Liaden Universe Companion, Volume Two | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Cat's Job | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
4 | A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume I | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
5 | A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume II | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
6 | A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume III | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
7 | A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume IV | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
8 | A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume V | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Archers Beach Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Carousel Tides | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Surfside | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Carousel Sun | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Carousel Seas | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Gift of Magic | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Spell Bound | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Beneath Strange Skies Series with Steve Miller
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Sword of Orion | 2005 | Description / Buy |
Order of Duainfey Series with Steve Miller
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Duainfey | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Longeye | 2009 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gem Ser'Edreth Series with Steve Miller
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Tomorrow Log | 2003 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jennifer Pierce Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Barnburner | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Gunshy | 2006 | Description / Buy |
Order of Sharon Lee Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Day They Brought the Bears to Belfast | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Reflections on Tinsori Light | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Sharon Lee Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Naming of Kinzel | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Master Walk | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Calamity's Child | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Double Vision | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Variations Three | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Quiet Magic | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Endeavors of Will | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Sea Wrack and Changewind | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Sharon Lee Non-Fiction Books
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Writing Neep | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Series with Joe R. Lansdale, Brendan DuBois, David Weber, David Brin, David Drake, Sarah Pinsker, Brad R. Torgersen, David Afsharirad
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Steve Miller Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Naming of Kinzel | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Master Walk | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Calamity's Child | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Double Vision | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Chariot to the Stars (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
6 | TimeRags II (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Steve Miller Short Stories/Novellas with Steve Miller
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Reflections on Tinsori Light | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Splinter Universe Presents Series with Steve Miller
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Splinter Universe Presents! | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Splinter Universe Presents!: The Wrong Lance | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Sharon Lee Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Low Port | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Fantastic Stories of the Imagination | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Warrior Women | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3 | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Release the Virgins | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Infinite Stars | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Familiars | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Sharon Lee is most notably renowned for co-authoring the Liaden Universe series, alongside her husband and fellow writer Steve Miller. Lee, who is a self-declared introvert, debuted in 1980. Lee’s debut book is titled A Matter of Ceremony. Her niche is especially romance, science fiction (specifically, space opera), and contemporary fantasy genres.
Sharon Lee Awards
Sharon Lee and her co-author Steve Miller have clinched several awards over the years, especially between 2002 and 2012. For instance, in 2011, author Lee was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards, in the Best Science Fiction category, by virtue of her book titled Ghost Ship; the said novel is the third and fifteenth book in the Theo Watley series and Laiden Universe series, respectively.
In 2012, the duo clinched the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, which is alternatively know as the Skylark. While presenting the award, New England Science Fiction Association opined that both Sharon Lee and Steve Miller won the award by virtue of their commendable contribution to the science fiction genre in the style of the late novelist Edward Elmer Smith, whom the award is named after.
In 2011, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s 2009 book called Fledgling, which is the first and twelfth in the Theo Watley and Laiden Universe series, was among the finalists for The Hal Clemency Award, in the Best Young Adult Science Fiction category. In 2006, Lee together with husband were invited by the COsine to be their author honorable guests. In 2005, the duo clinched The Hal Clement Award in the category of Best Young Adult Science Fiction; this was because of their 2004 book titled Balance of Trade.
Lee and Miller’s 2006 book titled Scout’s Progress won The Prism Award, in the Romance Futuristic category. Romance Writers of America, proffered the award, hailed the book as the best romantic novel of the year 2002. Moreover, the same organization also stated that Lee and Miller’s 2005 book called Local Custom was in the second position. Furthermore, in 2002, Scout’s Progress also clinched an award in the Best Science Fiction category of the Reviewers’ Choice Award, patronized by RomanticTimes Book Club. What’s more, Lee has appeared as a (special) guest of honor many times between 1999 and 2012.
Best Sharon Lee Books
Sharon Lee has either authored or co-authored many books but these are the best of her literary works, based on clinching literary awards.
Balance of Trade: This was initially published in 2004 and is the third book in the Liaden Universe series. Hereby, protagonist Jethri Gobelyn is a lowly rated worker in a merchant starship wherein the master is unapologetic; what’s more he is caught up in the highly politicized Liaden Universe and a likely scam.
Local Custom: The second one is called Local Custom; it was originally published in 2002 and is the fifth in the Liaden Universe series. This is all about an interstellar romantic affair wherein the protagonist-cum-trader, Er Thom, wants a worthwhile bride in exchange of an heir, but there is much at stake including a looming interstellar war.
Scout’s Progress: The third is the one titled Scout’s Progress; also published in 2002 and is the sixth in the Liaden Universe series. Mathematician Aelliana Caylon, who has an unappreciative brother, has been betrothed to a suitor against her will; as such, it is a godsend when she wins a starship and she is angling to leave behind her damnable brother and the forced marriage.
Other Book Series You May Like
Bibliophiles who loved Sharon Lee’s bibliography were also impressed by the following related series of books. The first one is called the “Confederation” series authored by Tanya Huff; this science fiction series has a military setting and features protagonist Torin Kerr, an army staff sergeant.
The second attention-grabbing series is “Familias Regnant” series penned by Elizabeth Moon. The title denotes a galactic government in the not too distant future. The third series is titled “Project Enterprise” and is penned by Pauline Baird Jones; it revolves around exploits of astronauts, ranging from warfare to wife-searching aliens.
When Does The Next Sharon Lee book come out?
The next book by Sharon Lee is Diviner's Bow and will be released on April, 1st 2025. It is the newest book in the Liaden Universe Series.