Meier, Shirley
Entry updated 24 April 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1960- ) Canadian author, artist and poet who began to publish work of genre interest in the Shared World of the Fifth Millennium Fantasy series which she co-created with S M Stirling: Meier's credited contributions begin with The Sharpest Edge (1986; vt Saber and Shadow 1992) with S M Stirling – second in the sequence – and include the solo Shadow's Daughter (1991).
The sf Exodus (2007) with Steve White is a Tie to Starfire (which see), the tactical space combat Wargame (see Space Flight; Future War). Further solo novels include Shadow of a Soul on Fire (2018) and Lamia's Daughter (2020), both fantasy, the latter being a Young Adult narrative. [DRL]
Shirley Meier
born Woodstock, Ontario: 19 April 1960
works (selected)
series
Fifth Millennium (excluding titles by other authors)
- The Sharpest Edge (New York: New American Library/Signet Books, 1986) with S M Stirling [Fifth Millennium: pb/Ken Kelly]
- Saber and Shadow (New York: Baen Books, 1992) with S M Stirling [vt of the above: Fifth Millennium: pb/Larry Elmore]
- The Cage (New York: Baen Books, 1989) with S M Stirling [Fifth Millennium: pb/Larry Elmore]
- Shadow's Son (New York: Baen Books, 1991) with S M Stirling and Karen Wehrstein [Fifth Millennium: pb/Darrell K Sweet]
- Shadow's Daughter (New York: Baen Books, 1991) [Fifth Millennium: pb/Larry Elmore]
Fifth Millennium: Eclipse Court
- Blood Marble (Toronto, Ontario: Lutria Press, 2021) [Eclipse Court: pb/]
- Gilded Filth (Toronto, Ontario: Lutria Press, 2021) [Eclipse Court: pb/]
- Prince Under the Mountain (Toronto, Ontario: Lutria Press, 2021) [Eclipse Court: pb/]
- Scholar's Run (Toronto, Ontario: Lutria Press, 2022) [Eclipse Court: pb/]
- Burning Crystal (Toronto, Ontario: Lutria Press, 2022) [Eclipse Court: pb/]
- From Eclipse to Diamond Sun Court (Toronto, Ontario: Lutria Press, 2023) [Eclipse Court: pb/]
individual titles
- Exodus (New York: Baen Books, 2007) with Steve White [tie to Starfire: Starfire: pb/Clyde Caldwell]
- Shadow of a Soul on Fire (Redwood City, California: Henchman Press, 2018) [pb/]
- Lamia's Daughter (Canada: Huntress Press, 2020) [pb/Shirley Meier]
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