Sharon Shinn





Sharon Shinn

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January 01, 1957 in The United States

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I’ve been writing stories and poems since I was eight years old. My first poem was about Halloween: "What is tonight? What is tonight?/Try to guess and you’ll guess right." Perhaps this inauspicious beginning explains why it took me till I was in my thirties to sell a novel. It occurred to me early on that it might take some time and a lot of tries before I was able to publish any of my creative writing, so I pursued a degree in journalism at Northwestern University so I’d be able to support myself while I figured out how to write fiction.

I’ve spent most of my journalism career at three trade and association magazines—The Professional Photographer (which, as you might guess, went to studio and industrial photographers), DECOR (which went to...more


Average rating: 3.83 · 41,840 ratings · 3,906 reviews · 36 distinct works
Archangel (Samaria, #1)
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 3,544 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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Summers at Castle Auburn
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 3,071 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Mystic and Rider (Twelve Ho...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 2,625 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
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Jovah's Angel (Samaria, #2)
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 2,171 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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The Alleluia Files (Samaria...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,892 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
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Angelica (Samaria, #4)
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,773 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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The Safe-Keeper's Secret (S...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,733 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions
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Reader and Raelynx (Twelve ...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,605 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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Dark Moon Defender (Twelve ...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,629 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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The Thirteenth House (Twelv...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,705 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
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More books by Sharon Shinn…
Archangel Jovah's Angel The Alleluia Files Angelica Angel-Seeker
Samaria Published Order (6 books)
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3.917241875179753 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 13,908 ratings
Angelica Archangel Angel-Seeker Jovah's Angel The Alleluia Files
Samaria Chronological Order (5 books)
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3.917241875179753 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 13,908 ratings
Mystic and Rider The Thirteenth House Dark Moon Defender Reader and Raelynx Fortune and Fate
Twelve Houses (5 books)
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3.9270637408568443 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 9,570 ratings
The Safe-Keeper's Secret The Truth-Teller's Tale The Dream-Maker's Magic
Safe-Keepers (3 books)
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3.8275553567434577 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 4,471 ratings
Troubled Waters
Troubled Waters (2 books)
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3.9685582822085887 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
More series by Sharon Shinn…

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“A truth that no one knows is still the truth.”
Sharon Shinn, Jenna Starborn

“Do you love me?" he asked.
I fell silent.
"For the rest of it is glitter and noise," he said. "At the heart of it all is love. You make that choice, and you go forward from there.”
Sharon Shinn, Summers at Castle Auburn

“We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. Bit we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting our way.”
Sharon Shinn, Jenna Starborn

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OCTOBER SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which 2 novels move on to the run-off poll for our October SF Book of the Month.

 
  15 votes, 24.2%

 
  10 votes, 16.1%

 
  9 votes, 14.5%

 
  7 votes, 11.3%

 
  7 votes, 11.3%

 
  6 votes, 9.7%

 
  5 votes, 8.1%

 
  3 votes, 4.8%

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