Sheri S. Tepper
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born
July 16, 1929
gender
female
place of birth
Littleton, Colorado, The United States
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genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror
about this author
Sheri Stewart Tepper (born July 16, 1929) is a prolific 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.
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The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 4.06 — 837 ratings — published 1988 8 editions |
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Grass by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 4.08 — 782 ratings — published 1989 11 editions |
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Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 3.78 — 729 ratings — published 1991 13 editions |
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The Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 3.99 — 476 ratings — published 1997 6 editions |
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Gibbon's Decline and Fall by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 3.80 — 373 ratings — published 1996 5 editions |
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A Plague of Angels by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 3.71 — 357 ratings — published 1999 8 editions |
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The Visitor by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 3.68 — 333 ratings — published 2002 5 editions |
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Raising the Stones by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 4.01 — 300 ratings — published 1990 6 editions |
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Singer from the Sea by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 3.79 — 307 ratings — published 1999 5 editions |
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Six Moon Dance by Sheri S. Tepper avg rating 3.68 — 308 ratings — published 1998 4 editions |
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"The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. Rather much for rather little, I thought."
— Sheri S. Tepper (Beauty)
— Sheri S. Tepper (Beauty)
tags:
humor
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"...the scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the light of the Scripture. Nature says the rock is billions of years old, but the book says different, so even though men wrote the book, and God made the rock and God gave us minds that have found ways to tell how old it is, we still choose to believe the Scripture."
— Sheri S. Tepper (The Fresco)
— Sheri S. Tepper (The Fresco)
tags:
religion
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"Not many years before the Happening, one of your country's largest religious bodies officially declared that their book was holier than their God, thus simultaneously and corporately breaking several commandments of their own religion, particularly the first one. Of course they liked the book better! It was full of magic and contradictions that they could quote to reinforce their bigoted and hateful opinions, as I well know, for I chose many parts of it from among the scrolls and epistles that were lying around in caves here and there. They're correct that a god picked out the material; they just have the wrong god doing it.
(The small god in Ch. 44)"
— Sheri S. Tepper (The Visitor)
(The small god in Ch. 44)"
— Sheri S. Tepper (The Visitor)
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