Published Work

General Information

My novels are represented by Eleanor Wood, from the Spectrum Literary Agency.

Most of my work can be found in the usual places – online and physical bookstores.  A Book for All Seasons has signed copies of much of my fiction and can be contacted online or visited in the charming town of Leavenworth, Washington.

I encourage people living in my area to drop by my favorite local bookstores.  These include ParkPlace Books in Kirkland, which the town I live in, the University Bookstore in Seattle in the University District, and Powells, especially Powell’s Beaverton where I often do readings.

Published Novels

WINGS OF CREATION,” sequel to “READING THE WIND” and “THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA,” Tor books. Nov, 2009.  Our heroes are challenged with betrayals they never expected and prepared to go to war.

READING THE WIND, sequel to “THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA,” Tor Books, July 2008.  This book continues to explore war and prejudice in a time when genetic enhancements are the norm and humans live in a world even more saturated with information than ours.  Visit the Five Worlds, and return to Fremont.

THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA,” Tor Books, March 2007.  How will human prejudice play out when the differences between people are truly more than skin deep?  Follow six genetically improved children who have been left behind on the colony planet Fremont, where the inhabitants mistrust anyone who is not an “original” human.

BUILDING HARLEQUIN’S MOON” with Larry Niven. Tor Books, June 2005. What happens to the first interstellar starship to leave Earth?  Meet people who must challenge their own treasured core beliefs to survive a devastating mishap.

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. Now available on Kindle.

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

“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.  Now available as a free podcast at Escape Pod in issue 232.

“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 in the 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.  Now available as a podcast on Starship Sofa.

“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, 2008

“Jack of the High Hills,” a story for the DAW anthology entitled “The Dimension Next Door,” edited by Kerrie Hughes, July 2008

“The Power of Three,” for a DAW anthology set in Mercedes’ Lackey’s Valdemar, entitled “Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar,” December, 2008.

“For the Love of Mechanical Minds,” Nature Magazine, Editor, Henry Gee.  February 12, 2009 issue.

“The Licit Zone.”  A Kindle original, published in July, 2009.  Available on the Kindle only.

“In Their Garden,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, Shiela Williams, ed., September, 2009.

“Speaker for the Mayans,” Steampunk Tales issue 2. My very first steampunk story.  Available for the iphone, on the Kindle, etc.

“Sailors in a Sea of Suns,” Footprints Anthology, edited by Jay Lake and Eric T. Reynolds

“The Last Part of the Way,” in the anthology “Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar,” edited by Mercedes Lackey.

“Her Black Mood,” a story for the DAW anthology titled, “Killer Bunnies and Zombie Racoons,” edited by Kerrie Hughes.

“The Robots’ Girl,”  Analog, Stan Schmidt, ed., April 2010
“Riding in Mexico,” in the online magazine “Daybreak,” edited by Jetse deVries
“SINGLE LARRY TI, or Fear of Black Holes and Ken”  Analog, Stan Schmidt, July/August double issue

Short Fiction Pending Publication

“The Hebras and the Demons and the Damned,” Analog, Stan Schmidt, ed., date TBD

“Expedition,”  Nature Magazine, Henry Gee, ed., date TBD

“Songs of a Certain Sort,” for an as-yet-unnamed Valdemar Anthology, edited by Mercedes Lackey, and forthcoming from DAW Books.

“Second Shift,” for the anthology “Love and Rickets,” edited by Kerrie Hughes.

Published Non-fiction

I write a monthly column for Futurismic called Today’s Tomorrow’s.

“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

Publications

A recent short story of mine is “My Father’s Singularity,” which came out in ClarkesWorld Issue #45

The story is available to read online, to purchase for Kindle, or as a podcast.

Wings of Creation by Brenda Cooper

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“The sequel to The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007) and Reading the Wind (2008) is intense and increasingly complex. Cooper continues to limn interpersonal relationships in considerable depth, including this time those of some individual fliers. Happily, the ending suggests yet another episode to come.” - Booklist

Available now from Tor Books in hardcover, on the Kindle, and on ibooks.

Reading the Wind by Brenda Cooper

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Audio promo:

“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

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Audio promo:

“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

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“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

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