Shirley Meier
Shirley Meier is a Canadian author of science fiction and fantasy. in addition to her own fiction she has also collaborated with S. M. Stirling, Steve White, and Karen Wehrstein.Background
Shirley Meier was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1960. she attended the University of Western Ontario. She lives in Toronto. She was active in the Bunch of Seven, Canada's first speculative fiction writing group.
She learned Tao Zen Chuan karate under Bill Chong and Way Lem, obtaining her black belt in 1991. She became an instructor herself, and taught a course in Women's Self-Defense for several years.Non-Fiction
Columnist for Amazing Stories, Hard Copy RelaunchNovels
- The Sharpest Edge, with S. M. Stirling
- The Cage, with S. M. Stirling
- Shadow’s Daughter
- Shadow's Son, with S. M. Stirling and Karen Wehrstein
- Saber & Shadow, with S. M. Stirling
''Starfire'' series
- Exodus, with Steve White
- Sparks in the Wind, e-book and print on demand
- "Shadow of a Soul on Fire" by Henchman Press
Short fiction
- "Peacock Eyes", Friends of the Witch World 2 anthology
- "Trave", Magic in Ithkar 4
- "The Witches’ Tree", Northern Frights; audio adaptation for Fears for Ears CD
- "Ice", Northern Frights II
- "You’re It ", Bolos: The Unconquerable
- "Pursued by the Tauwu", Rogues In Hell
- "Under the Bed", What Scares the Bogeyman
- "The Other Musgrave Ritual", 2014
- "An Arrow's Flight", "Amazing Stories" 2018
- "SwanMaiden's Daughter", "Of Fae and Fate" Anthology 2019
- "Buyer Beware, Amazing Stories 2019
Poetry
- "Mummy Bones"
- "Flowers and Vice"
- "The Love Machine"
- "Angelwings in My Coffee"