Sheri S. Tepper

Author of many novels (stand-alone and in series) that focus on feminist issues, sexism, and ecofeminism. She is well known for her SF works, including SF, fantasy, and horror, and often a blending of the three. Under her A.J. Orde and B.J. Oliphant pseudonyms she also writes mysteries.

Names

Tepper has published a number of works under various initialisms: A. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, and B. J. Oliphant. She has also published work, very early in her career, as Sheri S. Eberhart (her name before marriage, perhaps?).

Works

• The Revenants. Berkley Publishing. 1984.
• After Long Silence. 1987. (published as The Enigma Score in the U.K.)
• The Gate to Women's Country (1988)
• Beauty. Doubleday. 1991.
• A Plague of Angels. 1993.
• Shadow's End. 1994.
• Gibbon's Decline & Fall. New York: Bantam / Spectra, 1996.
• Family Tree 1997.
• Six Moon Dance. 1998.
• Singer from the Sea. 1999.
• The Fresco. 2000.
• The Visitor. 2002.
• Still Life (1987) (as E. E. Horlak)

Loosely connected, same universe:

• Grass. Doubleday. 1989.
• Raising the Stones. Doubleday. 1990.
• Sideshow. Doubleday. 1992.

The Awakeners

• NorthShore (1987)
• SouthShore (1987)
• omnibus edition, The Awakeners (1987)

Marianne Trilogy

• Marianne, the Magus, and the Manticore. Ace Books. 1985.
• Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods. Ace Books. 1988.
• Marianne, the Matchbox, and the Malachite Mouse. Ace Books. 1989.

The Books of the True Game:

Mavin Manyshaped:

• The Song of Mavin Manyshaped. Ace Books. 1985.
• The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped. Ace Books. 1985.
• The Search for Mavin Manyshaped. Ace Books. 1985.
• Omnibus edition: The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped (1985)

Peter:

• King's Blood Four. Ace Books. 1983. (Tepper's first published novel)
• Necromancer's Nine. Ace Books. 1983.
• Wizard's Eleven. Ace Books. 1984.
• Omnibus edition The True Game (1985)

Jinian:

• Jinian Star-Eye. Tor Books. 1986.
• Dervish Daughter Tor Books. 1986.
• Jinian Footseer. Tor Books. 1985.

Mahlia/Badger:

• Blood Heritage. Tor Books. 1986.
• The Bones. Tor Books. 1987.

Short fiction

• "The Gardener" (novella). Night Visions 6. Released as The Bone Yard (1988) in mass market. (vampire story). Collaboration with F. Paul Wilson and Ray Garton.
• "The Gazebo" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1990
• "Someone Like You" in Martin Greenberg's The Further Adventures of the Joker (1990)
• "Raccoon Music" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1991
• "The Gourmet" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October/November 1991

Non-SFnal works

Shirley McClintock series as B. J. Oliphant

• Dead in the Scrub. 3/1990: Fawcett, 0-449-14653-7. (first in series)
• The Unexpected Corpse. 12/1990: Fawcett, 0-449-14674-X.
• Deservedly Dead. 6/1992: Fawcett, 0-449-14717-7.
• Death and the Delinquent. 2/1993: Fawcett, 0-449-14718-5.
• Death Served Up Cold. 1994: Fawcett, 0-449-14896-3.
• A Ceremonial Death. 1996: Fawcett, 0-449-14897-1.
• Here's to the Newly Deads. 1997: Fawcett, 0-449-14992-7.

Jason Lynx series as A. J. Orde

• A Little Neighborhood Murder: A Jason Lynx Novel. 1989: Doubleday, 0385260377. (1992: Ballantine, ISBN 0-449-22026-5)
• Death and the Dogwalker: A Jason Lynx Novel. 1990: Doubleday, 03852667153. (1993: Fawcett, ISBN 0-449-22027-3)
• Dead on Sunday. 1991. (1994: Ballantine/Fawcett, 0-449-22282-9)
• Death for Old Time's Sake: A Jason Lynx Novel. 1992: Doubleday, 0385419414. (1994: Ballantine, 0-449-22193-8)
• Looking for the Aardvark. 1993: Doubleday, 0-385-41942-2. (also published in paperback as Dead on Sunday, 1994 ???)
• A Long Time Dead. 1995: Fawcett. 1994: Collins Crime, London, 000232539X.
• A Death of Innocents: A Jason Lynx Novel. 1996, 1997. 1997: Fawcett, 449225194.

Poetry

• "Lullaby, 1990" (poetry) in Galaxy December 1963 as Sheri S. Eberhart
• "Ballad of the Interstellar Merchants" (in Galaxy December 1964) as Sheri S. Eberhart

Essays / Articles

• "Extraterrestrial Trilogue" (Galaxy, December 1960, and August 1961) as Sheri S. Eberhart

Published interviews

• Locus. September, 1989, p. 15.
• Locus. August 1991, pp. 4, 69.
• Locus. July 1994, v. 33, no. 1, issue #402. pp. 4, 80-81.

Awards & honors

• Hugo nomination, 1990 for Grass
• New York Times Notable Book citation for Grass
• 1991, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, for Beauty
• Edgar nomination, Mystery Writers of America, for Dead in the Scrub
• 1996, shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, for Gibbon's Decline and Fall
• WisCon 22, Guest of Honor

Criticism and reviews

• Fitting, Peter. "Reconsiderations of the Separatist Paradigm in Recent Feminist Science Fiction." Science Fiction Studies Volume 19 no. 1 (56) (March 1992), pages 32-48. Discusses Pamela Sargent's The Shore of Women, Joan Slonczewski's A Door Into Ocean, and Sheri Tepper's The Gate to Women's Country.
• Levy, Michael. "Green SF and Eco Feminism." Originally published in IAFA Newsletter, Spring 1989 issues. Reprinted in Robert Collins and Robert Latham, editors, Science Fiction and Fantasy book Review Annual, 1989 Edition (Westport, CN: Meckler, 1990). "Review article of recent work by Octavia Butler, Nancy Kress, Pamela Sargent, and Sheri S. Tepper" -- ML.