Raising the Stones
(1990)
The Fresco
(2000)
The Visitor
(2002)
The Companions
(2003)
The Margarets
(2007)
For my children,
Alden, Cheryl, Mark and Regan
a password
Sheri S. Tepper (1929 –)
Sheri Stewart Tepper was born in Colorado in 1929 and is the author of a larger number of novels in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mystery, and is particularly respected for her works of feminist science fiction. Her many acclaimed novels include
The Margarets
and
Gibbon's Decline And Fall
, both shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award,
A Plague Of Angels
,
Sideshow
and
Beauty
, which was voted Best Fantasy Novel Of The Year by readers of
Locus
magazine. Her versatility is illustrated by the fact that she is one of very few writers to have titles in both the Gollancz SF and Fantasy Masterworks lists. Sheri S. Tepper lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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