Published Work

Published Long Fiction

“THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA,” Tor books. Edited by Bob Gleason. March 20, 2007. Available in hardcover in bookstores and online now.

“BUILDING HARLEQUIN’S MOON” with Larry Niven. Tor Books, edited by Bob Gleason, sold via Eleanor Wood, June 2005. Available now in paperback!

Published Short Fiction

“Ice and Mirrors,” with Larry Niven, February 2001, Asimov’s Science Fiction, via Eleanor Wood

“Choosing Life,” with Larry Niven, January 2002, Analog Science Fiction, via Eleanor Wood

“Finding Myself,” with Larry Niven, June 2002, Analog Science Fiction, via Eleanor Wood

“Free Floaters,” with Larry Niven, August 2002, Asimov’s Science Fiction, via Eleanor Wood

“A Gift of Maps.”, The Salal Review, Spring 2002.

“Linda’s Dragon,” Analog Science Fiction, July/August 2003

“Ice and Mirrors,” with Larry Niven, reprinted, Scatterbrain, by Larry Niven

“The Trellis,” with Larry Niven, Analog Science Fiction, November 2003, via Eleanor Wood.

“Touches the Earth,” DAW Books, in Valdemar anthology, SUN IN GLORY. Thanks to Mercedes Lackey.

“The War of the Flowers,” Strange Horizons, January, 2004.

“StarGarden,” Oceans of the Mind, Spring 2004.

“Savant Songs,” Analog, December, 2004. Chosen for David Hartwell’s and Kathryn Cramer’s Year’s Best SF10. Finalist for the Sturgeon award.

“A Lingering Scent of Bacon,” a story in “MAIDEN, MATRON, CRONE,” a collection published by Daw books and edited by Kerrie Hughes.

“Kath and Quicksilver,” with Larry Niven, Asimov’s, November 2005, via Eleanor Wood.

“Recovery,” Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly, Volume 6, number 3.

“Black Armbands,” a story in a DAW anthology entitled “TIME AFTER TIME,” edited by Denise Little.

“Dawn of Sorrows,” in CROSSROADS, a Valdemar story anthology, published by DAW Books, edited by Mercedes Lackey.

“Isaac’s Granddaughter,” Salal Review, 2006 issue.

“The Horses of the High Hills,” a story for the DAW anthology entitled “CHILDREN OF MAGIC,” edited by Kerrie Hughes.

“My Grandfather’s River,” Nature Magazine, August 17th, 2006.

“The Terror Bard,” with Larry Niven, to Lou Anders for his anthology “Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge.”

“Trainer of Whales,” a story for the upcoming DAW anthology entitled “The Future We Wish we Had,” edited by Rebecca Lickiss.

“Alien Graveyards,” October/November edition of AlienSkin Magazine (flash fiction).

“A Hand and Honor,” Nature Magazine, Editor, Henry Gee.

“Friends in the High Hills,” a story for the DAW anthology entitled “Fellowship Fantastic,” edited by Kerrie Hughes.

“Blood Bonds,” The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume 2, Solaris Books, February, 2008

“Mayan Summer,” Khimairal Ink, January 2008

“Mayan Wayfinding,” Mallorn, the Journal of the Tolkien Society, edited by Henry Gee

Short Fiction Pending Publication

“Jack of the High Hills,” a story for the DAW anthology entitled “The Dimension Next Door,” edited by Kerrie Hughes.

“Her Black Mood,” a story for the DAW anthology titled, “Killer Bunnies and Zombie Racoons” (I hope I have that title right), by Kerrie Hughes.

“The Power of Three,” for a DAW anthology set on Mercedes’ Lackey’s Valdemar, as yet untitled.

Long Fiction Pending Publication

“READING THE WIND,” sequel to “THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA,” Tor books. Edited by Bob Gleason. July, 2008. Sold via Eleanor Wood, Spectrum Literary Agency.

Published Non-fiction

“Collaborative e-Gov,” with Toni Cramer, Government West, December 2002.

Futurist.com articles include general topics on space and science, interviews with science fiction writers like Greg Bear, David Brin, Larry Niven, Steven Barnes, Damien Broderick, and Jim Baen.

Poetry

Poem, “Raising Horses in the Rain,” The Salal Review, Spring 2001

Books

Reading the Wind by Brenda Cooper

"Brenda Cooper's newest novel is a feast of character and concept. She depicts the devastation of war on microcosmic and macrocosmic levels, and even more so, the driving motives of young men and women caught in deadly conflict. Cooper is a master explorer of the interaction of society and individuals. She probes the psychology of her genetically enhanced characters with both rare depth and fidelity to scientific plausibility. Moral conundrums drive the plot in this unforgettable narrative. Don't miss this compelling work by a major new talent." - Mary A. Turzillo, An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl.

"Brenda Cooper tells a tale of a powerful brother and sister in a fight for their lives, offering insights along the way into the nature of courage and the hunger for community that burns in every human being. This is a lively book, full of colorful images and a memorable cast of human and animal characters, a worthy successor to The Silver Ship and the Sea." - Louise Marley

Available in July, 2008, from Tor Books.

The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper

"The first solo novel by Larry Niven's Building Harlequin's Moon (2005) coauthor portrays the thoroughly convincing human colonial society on Fremont, a dangerous planet rife with vicious predators, frequent earthquakes, and falling meteors....Distinctive characterizations, well-limned interrelationships, and the vividly realized Fremont contribute to an exciting coming-of-age story with a strong message about the evils of prejudice." - Sally Estes, Copyright American Library Association.

Mass Market Paperback, July 2008.
Included by Booklist as a "Best Adult Book for Young Adults."

Building Harlequin's Moon by Brenda Cooper and Larry Niven

"Fans of both hard and softer, psychological SF will welcome veteran Niven and newcome Cooper's well-written tale of a 60,000 year layover in space, in which physical challenges of world building are matched by the social challenges of collaboration among disparate groups." - Publisher's Weekly