(1960-    ) Canadian author and poet who began to publish work of genre interest with "Trave" in the Shared World anthology Magic in Ithkar 4 (anth 1987) edited by Robert Adams and Andre Norton. Her first novel-length works were set in another shared world, the Fifth Millennium Fantasy series initiated by S M Stirling: Meier's 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; a further solo novel, Shadow of a Soul on Fire (2018), is fantasy. [DRL]

Shirley Meier

born Woodstock, Ontario: 19 April 1960

died

works

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/]
  • 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]

individual titles

• Exodus (New York: Baen Books, 2007) with Steve White [tie to Starfire: Starfire: pb/Clyde Caldwell]
• Shadow of a Soul on Fire (place not given: Henchman Press, 2018) [pb/]

links

• Shirley Meier
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Previous versions of this entry

• 01/01/2005
• 20/12/2011
• 24/10/2018