Shirley Meier

Shirley Meier is a Canadian author of science fiction and fantasy. in addition to her own fiction she has also collaborated with S. M. Stirling, Steve White, and Karen Wehrstein.

Background

Shirley Meier was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1960. she attended the University of Western Ontario. She lives in Toronto. She was active in the Bunch of Seven, Canada's first speculative fiction writing group.

She learned Tao Zen Chuan karate under Bill Chong and Way Lem, obtaining her black belt in 1991. She became an instructor herself, and taught a course in Women's Self-Defense for several years.

Bibliography

Novels

Fifth Millennium series

• The Sharpest Edge (NAL, 1986), with S. M. Stirling
• The Cage (Baen Books, 1989), with S. M. Stirling
• Shadow’s Daughter (Baen Books, 1991)
• Shadow's Son (Baen Books, 1991), with S. M. Stirling and Karen Wehrstein
• Saber & Shadow (Baen Books, 1992), with S. M. Stirling

Starfire series

• Exodus (Baen Books, 2007), with Steve White

Two Gods, Two Worlds series

• Sparks in the Wind, e-book

Short fiction

• "Peacock Eyes", Friends of the Witch World 2 anthology
• "Trave", Magic in Ithkar 4
• "The Witches’ Tree", Northern Frights; audio adaptation for Fears for Ears CD
• "Ice", Northern Frights II
• "You’re It ", Bolos: The Unconquerable (Baen Books)
• "Pursued by the Tauwu", Rogues In Hell (2011)
• "Under the Bed", What Scares the Bogeyman(2011)

Poetry

• "Mummy Bones" (in Tessaracts 7)
• "Flowers and Vice" (poetry)
• "The Love Machine" (poetry)
• "Angelwings in My Coffee" (poetry)

References

• Author Biography

External links

• Shirley's Place author website
• Vryka artist website
• Eclipse Court, a series of the Fifth Millennium (eight novels)
• Firedrakes and Meteors, Oath of Ignorance, From a Warbird's Saddle and Firedrakes and Meteors (science fiction trilogy)
• BloodBelt of the Goddess, Book One: Lamia's Daughter, complete