"The expression of divinity is in variety." -- Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri Stewart Tepper (born July 16, 1929) is an American author of science fiction, horror and mystery novels; she is particularly known as a feminist science fiction writer, often with an ecofeminist slant.
Born near Littleton, Colorado, for most of her career (1962—1986) she worked for Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood, where she eventually became Executive Director.She has two children and is married to Gene Tepper. She currently operates a guest ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
She has written under several pseudonyms, including A. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, and B. J. Oliphant. Her early work was published under the name Sheri S. Eberhart.
"I'm not sure a world run by women would be any better. They're human beings!""It may be important to write a book that doesn't come up to what I would like to have rather than to write no book at all.""Science fiction still is an idea genre.""The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers.""There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.""To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two.""What do I have to say to the universe? A soul ought to have something to say to the universe if it's going to be immortal."
The Peter series was the first published. The Mavin series takes place earlier. The Jinian series takes place during and after the same time period as the Peter series, often giving a different perspective on the same events.
The Books of the True Game: Peter
King's Blood Four (Ace Books, 1983) (first novel)
Necromancer's Nine (Ace Books, 1983)
Wizard's Eleven (Ace Books, 1984)
The True Game (1-volume edition) (1985)
The Books of the True Game: Mavin Manyshaped
The Song of Mavin Manyshaped (Ace Books, 1985)
The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped (Ace Books, 1985)
The Search of Mavin Manyshaped (Ace Books, 1985)
The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped (1-volume edition) (1985)
The Books of the True Game: Jinian
Jinian Footseer (Tor Books, 1985)
Dervish Daughter (Tor Books, 1986)
Jinian Star-Eye (Tor Books, 1986)
The End of the Game (1-volume edition)
The 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 Marianne Trilogy (1-volume edition)
Ettison Duo (These two books are straightforward horror without even much of a feminist spin.)
Blood Heritage (Tor Books, 1986)
The Bones (Tor Books, 1987)
The Awakeners:
NorthShore (Tor Books, 1987)
SouthShore (Tor Books, 1987)
The Awakeners (1-volume edition) (1989) (a later 1-volume edition erroneously claims to be first)
Plague of angels:
A Plague of Angels (Bantam, 1993)
The Water Rising (Eos, released August 31, 2010)
The Arbai Trilogy
Grass (Doubleday, 1989) -- Hugo and Locus Awards nominee, 1990
Raising the Stones (Doubleday, 1990)
Sideshow (Doubleday, 1992) -- John W. Campbell Award nominee, 1993
Non-series
The Revenants (Berkley Publishing, 1984)
After Long Silence (1987) (UK: The Enigma Score)
The Gate to Women's Country (1988)
Beauty (Doubleday, 1991) (Revised UK edition is author's preferred text) -- Locus Award winner, 1992
Shadow's End (1994)
Gibbon's Decline & Fall (1996) -- Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1997
The Family Tree (1997) -- Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1998
Six Moon Dance (1998)
Singer from the Sea (1999)
The Fresco (2000) -- John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2001
The Visitor (2002) -- John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2003
The Companions (2003) -- John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2004
The Waters Rising (Harper Collins, expected 2010)
The Margarets (released June 1, 2007 by Eos) -- John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 2008; Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2009
Short works
"The Gardener" (novella) in Night Visions 6. Released as The Bone Yard (1988) in mass market. Collaboration with F. Paul Wilson and Ray Garton.
"Someone Like You" in The Further Adventures of the Joker (ed. Martin Greenberg) (1990)
The "Crazy" Carol Stories
"The Gazebo" in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1990
"Raccoon Music" in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1991
"The Gourmet" in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 1991
Poetry
"Lullaby, 1990" 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" in Galaxy, August 1961 (as Sheri S. Eberhart)
Educational pamphlets for Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood:
The People Know, 1968
The Perils of Puberty, 1974
The Problem with Puberty, 1976
This Is You, 1977
So Your Happily Ever After Isn't, 1977
The Great Orgasm Robbery, 1977
So You Don't Want To Be A Sex Object, 1978
Pseudonymous works
as E. E. Horlak (horror):
Still Life (Bantam, 1987 / 1988)
as B. J. Oliphant (mystery):
Shirley McClintock Mysteries:
Dead in the Scrub (1990)
The Unexpected Corpse (1990)
Deservedly Dead (1992)
Death and the Delinquent (1993)
Death Served Up Cold (1994)
A Ceremonial Death (1996)
Here's to the Newly Dead (1997)
as A. J. Orde (mystery):
The Jason Lynx Mysteries (mysteries featuring a Colorado antiques dealer and his SO, a female cop):
A Little Neighborhood Murder: A Jason Lynx Novel (1989)
Death and the Dogwalker: A Jason Lynx Novel (1990)
Death for Old Time's Sake: A Jason Lynx Novel (1992)
Looking for the Aardvark (1993) (also published in paperback as Dead on Sunday, 1994)
A Long Time Dead (Fawcett, 1994)
A Death of Innocents: A Jason Lynx Novel (1996, 1997)
