Stephanie D. Shaver

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Stephanie Shaver

Author Stephanie D. Shaver has contributed multiple short stories to Valdemar anthologies, as well as to other Mercedes Lackey series anthologies.

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Stephanie Diane Shaver is an American fantasy writer and game developer. She sold her first professional short story to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress series when she was 13. Her work has also been featured in various Valdemar anthologies, edited by Mercedes Lackey. She is an active member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), the youngest member to ever join the association, and has also been a member of the Authors Guild.

Stephanie worked for Blizzard for ten years, and is now employed at Wizards of the Coast. Her website blog sometimes includes notes on stories. For example, The Maralud Comes A-Knocking figure is based on a real-life folk custom, the Mari Lwyd (see the wikipedia article ↗️), and the "Good Intentions" story springs from a horror in real-life, the Sankebetsu bear incident (see the wikipedia article ↗️).

Her website is http://www.sdshaver.com.

Anthologies

Works by Stephanie Shaver have appeared in the following Valdemar volumes:

• Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 1 (1997)
• Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 2 (2003)
• Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 3 (2005)
• Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 4 (2008)
• Changing the World, Valdemar Anthology, volume 5 (2009)
• Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 6 (2010)
• Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 7 (2011)
• No True Way, Valdemar Anthology, volume 8 (2014)
• Crucible, Valdemar Anthology, volume 9 (2015)
• Tempest, Valdemar Anthology, volume 10 (2016)
• Pathways, Valdemar Anthology, volume 11 (2017)
• Choices, Valdemar Anthology, volume 12 (2018)
• Seasons, Valdemar Anthology, volume 13 (2019)
• Passages, Valdemar Anthology, volume 14 (2020)
• Boundaries, Valdemar Anthology, volume 15 (2021)
• Shenanigans, Valdemar Anthology, volume 16 (2022)
• Anything with Nothing, Valdemar Anthology, volume 17 (2023)
• Feuds, Valdemar Anthology, volume 18 (2024)

Works

Standalone Stories

• "Blood Ties" in Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 1
• "Starhaven" in Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 2

Wil and Lelia Miniseries

Main article: Wil and Lelia Miniseries

1. "Safe and Sound" in Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 3
2. "Broken Bones" in 'Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 4
3. "Midwinter Gifts" in Changing the World, Valdemar Anthology, volume 5
4. "Otherwise Engaged" in Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 6
5. "Sight and Sound" in Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 7
6. "The Whitest Lie" in No True Way, Valdemar Anthology, volume 8
7. "The Highjorune Masque" in Crucible, Valdemar Anthology, volume 9
8. "A Small Quarrel" in Tempest, Valdemar Anthology, volume 10
9. "Bootknife" in Pathways, Valdemar Anthology, volume 11
10. "Acceptable Losses" in Choices, Valdemar Anthology, volume 12
11. "The Maralud Comes A-Knocking" in Seasons, Valdemar Anthology, volume 13
12. "The Choice Makes the Chosen" in Passages, Valdemar Anthology, volume 14
13. "The Ghost of the High Hills" in Boundaries, Valdemar Anthology, volume 15
14. "All Around the Bell Tower" in Shenanigans, Valdemar Anthology, volume 16
15. "Good Intentions" in Anything with Nothing, Valdemar Anthology, volume 17
16. "Payment in Kind" in Feuds, Valdemar Anthology, volume 18