{"title":"Sharon Lee","description":"Maine-based writers Sharon Lee and Steve Miller teamed up in the late 1980s to bring the world the story of Kinzel, an inept wizard with a love of cats, a thirst for justice, and a staff of true power.  In the decades since, until Steve's death in 2024, the Lee-and-Miller writing team published over 100 works of fantastic fiction, the majority set in their genre-bending Liaden Universe(R), demonstrating their shared philosophy that fiction ought to be fun--both the reading and the writing of it.  During their long and storied career, Steve and Sharon were celebrated as guests of honor at more than two dozen science fiction conventions across the country and were also frequent panelist and featured speakers.  Their awards include the Prizm for Best Futuristic Romance, The Golden Duck for Best YA SF, the Reader's Choice Award for the Year's Best Military and Adventure SF of 2017, and the Edward E. Smith Memoria Award for Imaginative Fiction (the Skylark).  Sharon is continuing to work in the universe she and Steve built together.  For more information about the Liaden Universe(R), including reading orders, go to korval.com.","products":[{"product_id":"a-liaden-universe-constellation-volume-vi-paperback","title":"A Liaden Universe Constellation Volume VI - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA constellation of shining stories set in the vastly diverse space opera world of the Liaden series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sixth Constellation collects eleven stories set in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's vast, versatile, and beloved Liaden Universe(R). Themes range from military to western to found family, and include discovery stories and novel outtakes. All showcase Lee and Miller's deft touch with characterization and their acclaimed world-building skill. 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Heinlein Award for outstanding published works in science fiction literature, which was presented at the 59th Baltimore Science Fiction Convention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stories included in this collection are: \"Standing Orders,\" \"Gadreel's Folly,\" \"The Last Train to Clarkesville,\" \"Wise Child,\" \"Songs of the Fathers,\" \"From Every Storm a Rainbow,\" \"Our Lady of Benevolence,\" \"Chimera,\" \"Neutral Ground,\" \"Mother's Love,\" and \"Core Values,\" plus a foreword from the author, original to this volume.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101866430687,"sku":"9781668073285","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5ukH7QXM4z9781668073285.webp?v=1781075789"},{"product_id":"diviners-bow-mass-market-paperbound","title":"Diviner's Bow - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW ENTRY IN THE BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE(R) SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA world divided cannot stand.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA people divided cannot thrive.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Oracle has Seen the end of Civilization, and the end of the Haosa, too. 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