Sherwood Smith is a prolific American author, well-known for her works in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and historical romance. She has written numerous series, including Wren, Exordium (co-written with Dave Trowbridge), Crown and Court Duel, Inda, and CJ's Notebooks, catering to both young adult and adult audiences. Smith's writing career has been shaped by her lifelong passion for storytelling, which began when she was a child creating homemade books.
Born in 1951, Smith's fascination with other worlds and comic books led her to attempt publishing her work at the age of thirteen, despite not finding success at that time. This initial setback did not deter her, as she continued to hone her craft and develop her unique narrative voice. Smith's career as a teacher, spanning twenty years, further enriched her storytelling abilities as she taught history, literature, drama, and dance.
Smith has dedicated her life to creating the expansive Sartorias-deles fantasy series, and she often engages with readers through platforms such as Goodreads to discuss books and her writing process. When it comes to her own work, she prefers to discuss the reading experience rather than providing ratings. With a vast array of stories and series to her name, Sherwood Smith remains a prominent and influential figure in modern American science fiction and fantasy literature.
The Change Books (by with Rachel Manija Brown)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Stranger
2014
2
Hostage
2015
3
Rebel
2017
The Change Books (with Rachel Manija Brown)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Stranger
2014
2
Hostage
2015
3
Rebel
2017
4
Traitor
2024
CJ's Notebooks Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Over the Sea
2007
2
Mearsies Heili Bounces Back
2008
3
Hunt Across Worlds
2011
4
Poor World
2011
Crown & Court Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Crown Duel
1997
2
Court Duel
1998
3
A Stranger to Command
2008
4
Remalna's Children
2011
Crown & Court Series in Chronological Order
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Title
Year
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1
A Stranger to Command
2008
2
Crown Duel
1997
3
Court Duel
1998
4
Remalna's Children
2011
Dobrenica Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Coronets and Steel
2010
2
Blood Spirits
2011
3
Revenant Eve
2012
4
The Princess and the Slaymate
2025
Exordium Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Phoenix in Flight
1993
2
Ruler of Naught
1993
3
A Prison Unsought
1994
4
The Rifter's Covenant
1995
5
The Thrones of Kronos
1996
Inda Books
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Title
Year
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1
Inda
2006
2
The Fox
2007
3
King's Shield
2008
4
Treason's Shore
2009
Lhind Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Lhind the Thief
2013
2
Lhind the Spy
2015
Lilah's Adventures Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Spy Princess
2012
2
Sartor
2012
The Norsunder War Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Ship Without Sails
2022
2
Marend of Marloven Hess
2022
3
Seek to Hold the Wind
2022
4
All Things Betray
2022
5
A Chain of Braided Silver
2023
Phoenix Feather Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Fledglings
2021
2
Redbark
2021
3
Firebolt
2022
4
Dragon and Phoenix
2022
Rise of the Alliance Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
A Sword Named Truth
2019
2
The Blood Mage Texts
2021
3
The Hunters and the Hunted
2022
4
Nightside of the Sun
2022
Sagacious Books
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Title
Year
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1
Tribute
2023
2
Sage Empress I
2024
3
Sage Empress II
2024
4
Sagacious Blade
2025
Sasharia en Garde! Books
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Title
Year
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1
Once a Princess
2008
2
Twice a Prince
2008
Sophy Croft's Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Fair Winds and Homeward Sail
2015
Time of Daughters Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Time of Daughters I
2019
2
Time of Daughters II
2019
Time Traders/Ross Murdock Books
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Title
Year
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1
The Time Traders
1958
2
The Time Traders ( By: Andre Norton)
1958
3
Galactic Derelict ( By: Andre Norton)
1959
4
Galactic Derelict
1959
5
The Defiant Agents
1962
6
The Defiant Agents ( By: Andre Norton)
1962
7
Key Out of Time
1963
8
Key Out of Time ( By: Andre Norton)
1963
9
Firehand (By: Andre Norton, P.M. Griffin)
1994
10
Firehand
1994
11
Echoes in Time
1999
12
Echoes in Time (With: Andre Norton)
1999
13
Atlantis Endgame
2002
14
Atlantis Endgame (With: Andre Norton)
2002
Voyage of the Basset Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Islands in the Sky
1999
2
Islands in the Sky ( By: Tanith Lee)
1999
3
The Raven Queen ( By: Terri Windling)
1999
4
The Raven Queen
1999
5
Journey to Otherwhere
2000
6
Thor's Hammer ( By: Will Shetterly)
2000
7
Thor's Hammer
2000
8
Fire Bird (By: Mary Frances Zambreno)
2001
9
Fire Bird
2001
Wren Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Wren to the Rescue
1990
2
Wren's Quest
1993
3
Wren's War
1995
4
Wren Journeymage
2010
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
The Borrowers: Movie Tie-In
1952
2
Senrid
2007
3
The Trouble with Kings
2008
4
A Posse of Princesses
2008
5
Barefoot Pirate
2011
6
Fleeing Peace
2011
7
Banner of the Damned
2012
8
Danse de la Folie
2012
9
Rondo Allegro
2014
10
Zapped
2015
11
Miss Eleanor Tilney
2016
12
The Wicked Skill
2022
13
Let the Torrent Dance Thee Down
2023
Short Stories/Novellas
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Title
Year
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1
Being Real
2014
2
The Poignant Sting
2015
3
And Horses are Born with Eagles' Wings
2015
4
The Dancing Monkeys
2015
5
Henry and Fanny
2015
6
Commando Bats
2015
7
Lily and Crown
2019
Short Story Collections
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Whispered Magics
2013
Oz Continued Books (with L. Frank Baum, with Eric Shanower, with Ruth Plumly Thompson, with Eloise Jarvis McGraw)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Royal Book of Oz
1921
2
Kabumpo in Oz
1922
3
The Cowardly Lion of Oz
1923
4
Grampa in Oz
1924
5
The Lost King of Oz , #19)
1925
6
The Hungry Tiger of Oz
1926
7
The Gnome King of Oz
1927
8
The Giant Horse of Oz
1928
9
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
1929
10
The Yellow Knight of Oz
1930
11
Pirates in Oz
1931
12
The Purple Prince of Oz
1932
13
Ojo in Oz
1933
14
Speedy in Oz
1934
15
The Wishing Horse of Oz
1935
16
Captain Salt in Oz
1936
17
Handy Mandy in Oz
1937
18
The Silver Princess in Oz
1938
19
Ozoplaning With the Wizard of Oz
1939
20
The Wonder City of Oz
1940
21
The Scalawagons of Oz
1941
22
Lucky Bucky in Oz
1942
23
The Magical Mimics In Oz
1946
24
The Magical Mimics in Oz: Empty-Grave Retrofit Edition
1946
25
The Shaggy Man of Oz
1949
26
Merry Go Round in Oz
1963
27
The Runaway in Oz
1995
28
The Rundelstone of Oz
2001
29
The Emerald Wand of Oz
2005
30
Trouble Under Oz
2006
31
Adventures in Oz
2006
32
Sky Pyrates Over Oz
2014
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda Books
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Title
Year
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1
Destruction of Illusions
2003
2
The Broken Places (By: Daniel Morris, Ethlie Ann Vare)
2003
3
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: The Broken Places (By: Daniel Morris, Ethlie Ann Vare)
2003
4
Through the Looking Glass
2004
5
The Attitude of Silence
2005
6
Destruction of Illusions ( By: Keith R.A. DeCandido)
2003
7
Through the Looking Glass ( By: Josepha Sherman)
2004
8
Waystation (By: Steven E. McDonald)
2004
9
The Attitude of Silence (By: Jeffrey Mariotte)
2005
10
Paradise Drift
2005
11
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Waystation (By: Steven E. McDonald)
2007
Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict Books
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Title
Year
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1
The Arrival ( By: Fred Saberhagen)
1999
2
The Arrival
1999
3
Augur's Teacher
2001
4
Requiem for Boone
2000
5
Gene Roddenberry's Earth
2000
6
Requiem for Boone (By: Debra Doyle, James D. McDonald)
2001
7
Heritage ( By: Doranna Durgin)
2001
8
Heritage
2001
9
Legacy (By: Glenn R. Sixbury)
2002
10
Legacy
2002
Solar Queen Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
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1
Sargasso of Space ( By: Andre Norton)
1955
2
Sargasso of Space
1955
3
Plague Ship
1956
4
Plague Ship ( By: Andre Norton)
1956
5
Voodoo Planet
1959
6
Voodoo Planet (By: Andre Norton)
1959
7
Postmarked the Stars ( By: Andre Norton)
1969
8
Postmarked the Stars
1969
9
Redline the Stars (By: Andre Norton, P.M. Griffin)
1993
10
Redline the Stars
1993
11
Derelict for Trade (With: Andre Norton)
1997
12
Derelict for Trade
1997
13
A Mind for Trade
1998
14
A Mind for Trade (With: Andre Norton)
1998
15
The Solar Queen ( By: Andre Norton)
2003
16
The Solar Queen
2003
Dori and Emma in Oz Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Emerald Wand of Oz
2005
2
Trouble Under Oz
2006
3
Sky Pyrates Over Oz
2014
Sherwood Smith Anthologies
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Title
Year
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1
A Wizard's Dozen
1993
2
A Nightmare's Dozen
1996
3
Between the Darkness and the Fire
1998
4
Beyond the Last Star
2002
5
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction