My name is Sharon Lee; I’m a writer.
I’m best-known as co-author, with Steve Miller, of the Liaden Universe® novels and short stories, the initial installment of which, Agent of Change, was first published as a Del Rey Original mass market paperback in February 1988. The twenty-seventh Liaden novel, Diviner’s Bow, was published by Baen Books in April 2025, and the twenty-eighth, Kin Right, is scheduled to be published by Baen in Spring 2027.
Under my own byline, I’ve written two mystery novels (Barnburner and Gunshy), a contemporary fantasy trilogy (Carousel Tides, Carousel Sun, Carousel Seas), and several dozen short stories.
In 2012, Steve and I were jointly awarded the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (aka the Skylark Award), by the New England Science Fiction Association.
At Balticon 59, in May 2025, I accepted the Robert A. Heinlein Award for outstanding published works in science fiction, on behalf of the Liaden Universe®.
This front page is updated intermittently. In fact, it’s updated about once a year. If you want to see what’s going on in my life and my writing life, or to keep up with the cats, you’ll want to bookmark The Blog Without a Name, which is updated more frequently.
At the moment, the writing schedule looks like this — NOTE: the dates given are delivery dates (which is to say, when each title is to be turned in to the publisher).
Kin Right, sequel to 2023’s Salvage Right, Baen, April 2026
Trade Lanes, sequel to 2022’s Fair Trade, Baen, TBD
One more Liaden Universe® novel, everything as yet undetermined, Baen, TBD
The publication schedule (aka, when you can expect to find the following titles in stores, or on the web) for the next while looks like this:
Kin Right, Baen, Spring 2027
Liaden Universe® Constellation Volume 6, Baen, May 5 2026
Diviner’s Bow, mmp, Baen, January 27, 2026
I Dare, anniversary edition, Baen, December 2, 2025
Ribbon Dance audiobook, narrated by Alex Picard, Tantor, October 7 2025
Diviner’s Bow audiobook, narrated by Eileen Stevens, Audible, May 2025
Ribbon Dance, mmp, Baen, April 29, 2025
Diviner’s Bow, hardcover and ebook, Baen, April 1, 2025
Sea Wrack and Changewind audio book, narrated by Alex Picard, Tantor, January 28, 2025
Sea Wrack and Changewind: The complete collection of Archers Beach stories, ebook and trade paper, Pinbeam Books, December 17, 2024
“The Last Train to Clarkesville,” (a Liaden Universe® Western) in Last Train Outta Kepler-283c, edited by David Boop, Baen, November 5, 2024
Plan B “anniversary” mmp, Baen, September 24, 2024
Ribbon Dance, hardcover and ebook, Baen, June 4, 2024
Double Vision, ebook, Pinbeam Books, June 1, 2024
Salvage Right, mmp, Baen, April 30, 2024
Salvage Right, Audible, January 2024
2026 Convention Appearances
I have no plans to attend conventions in 2026.
The best source for an overview of the Liaden Universe® Steve and I created, including Serious Author Bios, is Welcome to Liad: Clan Korval’s Home on the Web.
Those interested in details may wish to look at the fan-maintained Liaden Universe® wiki.
Thanks for stopping by!
— Sharon Lee, March 21 2026