Sharon Shinn – Troubled Waters interview
I had the pleasure of interviewing Sharon Shinn last fall with all of the questions that had built up over a decade or more of reading her work. After reading her most recent novel, Troubled Waters, I found I had a few more questions, most of them related to the new book. I caught up [...]
Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn – review
It feels weird to call this book vintage Shinn and mean it as the highest of all compliments, because I loved all five books in the Twelve Houses series, and last fall’s novella collection was a delight. But Troubled Waters was the first stand-alone book in a new world in a very long time, and [...]
Unusual Suspects – edited by Dana Stabenow – review
I’m taking a page from Jay’s book and re-running some old reviews from my now-defunct personal review blog. For the most part they are unchanged in content, except for removing things that no longer apply and actual editorial scouring…no, not even my prose is immune. Unusual Suspects is a short story collection following up 2006′s [...]
Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn – review
I’m taking a page from Jay’s book and re-using some old reviews from my now-defunct personal review blog. For the most part they are unchanged in content, except for removing things that no longer apply and actual editorial scouring…no, not even my prose is immune. Sharon Shinn’s novel Fortune and Fate is another in her Twelve [...]
General Winston’s Daughter by Sharon Shinn – review
What threw me about General Winston’s Daughter was that I had no idea it was a young adult until after I picked it up. That might sound unusual, but when I need a new book to read, and have no certain book in mind, I’ll simply look for an author I like and pick up [...]
Never After by Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, and Sharon Shinn – review
Never After is billed as a collection of “feminist fairy tales,” basically stories that take the idea of the fairy tale wedding and explore the possibility that it might, well, not be such a fairy tale. I will confess that my eyebrows arched pretty high when I read the list of established professionals contributing stories: Laurell K. Hamilton, Marjorie M. Liu, Yasmine Galenorn, and Sharon Shinn. I have read at least one novel from each of them, and my experience was that all but Shinn write novels that are too deeply entrenched in sex to be anything like what I would label feminist writing. However. I was very willing to be pleasantly surprised by this collection, and you know what? I was.
Full review after the jump…
‘Escaping into Fiction’ by Sharon Shinn
Lots of Sharon Shinn lately at BSC, with Elena both interviewing her and reviewing Shinn’s Quatrain earlier month, but for the author that took me to Samaria, that’s only right. Along with Quatrain, Shinn has another new novel called Gateway by Viking (Penguin) coming out this month. Today she joins the ranks of the all star authors people who have guest blogged at the BSC.
Check out her Escaping into Fiction after the jump…
BSC Interview – Sharon Shinn
Sharon Shinn is the author of nearly two dozen fantasy novels, including the bestselling Twelve Houses and Samaria series. She has won the William C. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer and was twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
I could make a strong argument for being Sharon Shinn’s biggest fan, so it was an absolute thrill for me to get to interview her and ask all–and I mean all–the random questions that have built up over 13 years of reading her books. We talked about everything from her writing process to Joss Whedon, plus, of course, her newest novels and what might be up next for her.
Read the interview after the jump!
Quatrain by Sharon Shinn review
Quatrain is a collection of, as the name suggests, four all-new novellas from Sharon Shinn. Each is set in a distinct world established from previous books, and each story stands firmly against the others. Shinn did an excellent job of varying the up four short pieces, not just the setting but also the characters and even the type of stories themselves.
Full review after the jump…
Book Review – Reader and Raelynx
Author: Sharon Shinn Cover Artist: Donato Giancola Publisher: ACE Binding: Hardback Publication Date: November 2007 Cammon is a gifted Reader, able to know people’s thoughts and emotions. In fact, he might be the most powerful Reader in a kingdom known for distrusting mystics. Surrounded by his mystic friends, he has the opportunity to change this [...]
Book Review – Elemental Magic
Author: Sharon Shinn, Rebecca York, Carol Berg, Jean Johnson Cover Artist: Dan Craig Publisher: Berkley Trade Binding: Paperback Publication Date: November 6, 2007 Bargain With the Wind, by Sharon Shinn, is the story of Lady Charis and the life that she makes for herself in Grey Moraine. She has come out of no where and stolen [...]
