Sharon Shinn (Author of Summers at Castle Auburn)

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Sharon Shinn

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in The United States

January 01, 1957

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult

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I鈥檝e been writing stories and poems since I was eight years old. My first poem was about Halloween: "What is tonight? What is tonight?/Try to guess and you鈥檒l guess right." Perhaps this inauspicious beginning explains why it took me till I was in my thirties to sell a novel. It occurred to me early on that it might take some time and a lot of tries before I was able to publish any of my creative writing, so I pursued a degree in journalism at Northwestern University so I鈥檇 be able to support myself while I figured out how to write fiction.

I鈥檝e spent most of my journalism career at three trade and association magazines鈥擳he Professional Photographer (which, as you might guess, went to studio and industrial photographers), DECOR (which went to I鈥檝e been writing stories and poems since I was eight years old. My first poem was about Halloween: "What is tonight? What is tonight?/Try to guess and you鈥檒l guess right." Perhaps this inauspicious beginning explains why it took me till I was in my thirties to sell a novel. It occurred to me early on that it might take some time and a lot of tries before I was able to publish any of my creative writing, so I pursued a degree in journalism at Northwestern University so I鈥檇 be able to support myself while I figured out how to write fiction.

I鈥檝e spent most of my journalism career at three trade and association magazines鈥擳he Professional Photographer (which, as you might guess, went to studio and industrial photographers), DECOR (which went to frame shop and art gallery owners), and BizEd (which is directed at deans and professors at business schools). My longest stint, seventeen years, was at DECOR. Many people don鈥檛 know this, but I鈥檓 a CPF (Certified Picture Framer), having passed a very long, technical test to prove I understood the tenets of conservation framing. Now I write about management education and interview some really cool, really smart people from all over the world.

I mostly write my fiction in the evenings and on weekends. It requires a pretty obsessive-compulsive personality to be as prolific as I鈥檝e been in the past ten years and hold down a full-time job. But I do manage to tear myself away from the computer now and then to do something fun. I read as often as I can, across all genres, though I鈥檓 most often holding a book that鈥檚 fantasy or romance, with the occasional western thrown in. I鈥檓 a fan of Cardinals baseball and try to be at the ballpark on opening day. If I had the time, I鈥檇 see a movie every day of my life. I love certain TV shows so much that knowing a new episode is going to air that night will make me happy all day. (I鈥檓 a huge Joss Whedon fan, but in the past I鈥檝e given my heart to shows all over the map in terms of quality: "Knight Rider," "Remington Steele," "Blake鈥檚 7," "Moonlighting," "The Young Riders," "Cheers," "Hill Street Blues," "X-Files," "Lost," "Battlestar Galactica"...you can probably fill in the gaps. And let鈥檚 not forget my very first loves, "The Partridge Family," "Here Come the Brides" and "Alias Smith & Jones.")

I don鈥檛 have kids, I don鈥檛 want pets, and all my plants die, so I鈥檓 really only forced to provide ongoing care for my menagerie of stuffed animals. All my friends are animal lovers, though, and someone once theorized that I keep friends as pets. I鈥檓 still trying to decide if that鈥檚 true.

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	Summers at Castle Auburn 4.05 avg rating — 12,279 ratings — published 2001 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mystic and Rider (Twelve Houses, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 10,658 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Archangel (Samaria, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 10,752 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troubled Waters (Elemental Blessings, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 9,942 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Moon Defender (Twelve Houses, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 5,640 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader and Raelynx (Twelve Houses, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 5,608 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jovah's Angel (Samaria, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 5,508 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thirteenth House (Twelve Houses, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 5,523 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Safe-Keeper's Secret (Safe-Keepers, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 4,870 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angelica (Samaria, #4) 3.95 avg rating — 4,586 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A truth that no one knows is still the truth.”
― Sharon Shinn, Jenna Starborn

tags: inspirational, truth

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“Do you love me?" he asked.
I fell silent.
"For the rest of it is glitter and noise," he said. "At the heart of it all is love. You make that choice, and you go forward from there.”
― Sharon Shinn, Summers at Castle Auburn

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“Sometimes we become what we see. Sometimes we take what we see and make it the model for what we refuse to become.”
― Sharon Shinn, Summers at Castle Auburn

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April Fantasy: This poll decides which two novels move on to the run-off poll for April Fantasy Book of the Month.

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

10 votes, 19.2%

Moonheart by Charles de Lint

9 votes, 17.3%

In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente

8 votes, 15.4%

Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde

7 votes, 13.5%

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

5 votes, 9.6%

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

5 votes, 9.6%

Songs of Earth and Power by Greg Bear

5 votes, 9.6%

Archangel by Sharon Shinn

3 votes, 5.8%

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