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Brenda Cooper

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in Encino, The United States

August 12

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Literature & Fiction

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Brenda Cooper writes science fiction,fantasy, and poetry.

Brenda's most recent novels are EDGE of DARK and SPEAR OF LIGHT from Pyr and POST from ESpec Books. Edge of Dark won the 2016 Endeavour Award for a notable science fiction or fantasy novel by a Northwest author.

Other recent novels include the duology THE CREATIVE FIRE and THE DIAMOND DEEP, also from Pyr.

Brenda released two collections in 2015. Her all science fiction CRACKING THE SKY came out from Fairwood Press and her all-fantasy ebook collection BEYOND THE WATERFALL DOOR was created through a six-author Kickstarter project.

Brenda is the author of the Endeavor award winner for 2008: THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA, and of two sequels, READING THE WIND and WINGS OF CREATION. She has w ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 9,242 ratings · 1,397 reviews · 123 distinct works • Similar authors

	Edge of Dark (The Glittering Edge, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 595 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Ship and the Sea (The Silver Ship, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Creative Fire (Ruby's Song #1) 3.03 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reading the Wind (The Silver Ship, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spear of Light (The Glittering Edge, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wilders (Project Earth, #1) 3.06 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wings of Creation (The Silver Ship, #3) 3.67 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diamond Deep (Ruby's Song, #2) 3.58 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mayan December 3.50 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silhouette Solution: Using What You Have to Get the Look You Want by Brenda Cooper (Goodreads Author), Fran Drescher (Foreword) 3.68 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Brenda Cooper

The Silver Ship (4 books)
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3.94 avg rating — 1,435 ratings

The Glittering Edge (2 books)
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3.63 avg rating — 751 ratings

Ruby's Song (2 books)
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3.15 avg rating — 325 ratings

Project Earth (2 books)
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3.15 avg rating — 201 ratings

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Working Fire

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“The animals who play with the most abandon are the predators."

"But surely prey are almost never safe enough to play.”
― Brenda Cooper, Edge of Dark

tags: predator, predator-and-prey, predators, prey

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“The woman who emerged had to be eight feet tall. Her hair was every shade of purple, piled in buns and hanging in braids, and all of it sprinkled with gems like stars.”
― Brenda Cooper, Edge of Dark

tags: body-modification, fashion, hairstyle, purple-hair, tall-women

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“They live inside of what is essentially one huge wearable. Everyone connected to everyone even when they shit.”
― Brenda Cooper, Edge of Dark

tags: cyberspace, scatology, speculative-technology, wearable, wearables

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Preliminary Poll for August 2023 SCIENCE FICTION BotM

Translation State by Ann Leckie

11 votes, 31.4%

Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow

9 votes, 25.7%

Limited Wish by Mark Lawrence

6 votes, 17.1%

The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper

6 votes, 17.1%

Stars Uncharted by S.K. Dunstall

3 votes, 8.6%

35 total votes

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