Authors whose first name starts with S, page 5 of 10

Shanora Williams is credited with 58 books between 2011 and 2026, starting with Behind Her Beauty and reaching Mayhem and the Mortal. Series in the listing include several trilogies and duets: Tether Trilogy, Venom Trilogy, Mr. Black Duet, Ace Crow Duet and Ward Duet, plus the series Cane, FireNine, Hard to Resist and Tainted Black. Early titles include Hard to Forget, Helena Zane and Who We Are. Williams is still releasing books.

Shantel Tessier writes dark romance, and the subjects attached to the catalogue also list new adult, suspense, mafia, sports and dual point of view. The 37 books on file run from Undescribable and Unbearable (both 2013) to Chaotic (2026). Tessier's series are Undescribable, Lords, Dark Kingdom, Dare, Selfish and Dash, and the catalogue marks the author as still publishing.

Shari Lapena

12 books• 1 series

Psychological thrillers about married couples and family secrets make up most of Shari Lapena's work. Lapena published Things Go Flying (2007) and Happiness Economics (2011) before The Couple Next Door (2016) turned the catalogue toward suspense. All 12 catalogued books stand alone, so reading order follows publication date and nothing else. Getting Away with Murder is the newest, and Lapena has titles catalogued through 2026.

Shari Low has 43 catalogued books, published from What If? (2001) through One Day at a Time (2026). Two titles, Rock Chicks (2010) and Manhattan (2011), carry the name Ronni Cooper. Series listed for Low include What If, Winter Day, One Day With You, Hollywood and Hollywood Thriller. Subjects on the books cover romance, friendship, humor, missing persons, runaway wives, England and Hollywood. Low continues to publish.

Mystery fiction is Sharon Bolton's field, and her earlier books appeared under the byline S. J. Bolton. Bolton is British. Only one title is catalogued here under the Sharon Bolton name, the 2017 short story Lacey's Wedding, filed with her short stories and novellas.

Sharon C. Cooper is a writer of African American romance and romantic suspense, with 50 books published between 2012 and 2026. Best Woman for the Job (2012) is the first catalogued title, and Still the Best Woman for the Job followed in 2013. Series include Atlanta's Finest, the Jenkins Family, Jenkins & Sons Construction and the Priestly Family. Subjects name African American women lawyers, architects, single fathers and women pediatricians. The newest title is Loving Her Enemy (2026).

Sharon Cameron writes young readers' fiction that moves between invention, memory and history. Nine books are catalogued, from The Dark Unwinding (2012) to Up from the Ashes (2026). The Dark Unwinding series pairs with A Spark Unseen (2013), and The Forgetting (2016) and The Knowing (2017) form a second pair built on amnesia. Rook (2015), The Light in Hidden Places (2020), Bluebird (2021) and Artifice (2023) stand outside the series.

Sharon Creech

22 books• 3 series

Sharon Creech, born in 1945, writes children's novels. Creech was the first American to win the Carnegie Medal for British children's books, and the first writer to hold that award and the American Newbery Medal together. Twenty-two books are catalogued, from Absolutely Normal Chaos (1990) through Walk Two Moons (1994), Chasing Redbird (1997), Love That Dog (2001) and Ruby Holler (2002) to One Time (2020). Friendship, school, family life and orphanhood recur, with picture books alongside the novels.

Sharon Dunn writes romantic suspense, including Christian suspense, with Montana, kidnapping victims and women detectives among the subjects. The 46 catalogued books run from Romance Rustlers and Thunderbird Thieves (2003) to Montana Ranch Crime Ring (2026). Ruby Taylor and Ginger Salinski are recurring characters. Dunn's series include Ruby Taylor Mysteries, Bargain Hunters Mystery, K-9 Unit and Texas Ranger Holidays.

Sharon Garlough Brown writes Christian fiction about women on spiritual retreat. Four books are catalogued, and they form one sequence: Sensible Shoes (2013), Two Steps Forward (2015), Barefoot (2016) and An Extra Mile (2018). Friendship and the spiritual life are the recurring subjects, and nothing has been added since 2018.

Medieval England is Sharon Kay Penman's territory, in long historical novels about kings, queens and the wars between them. The Sunne in Splendour (1982) takes on Richard III; Here be Dragons, Falls the Shadow and The Reckoning form the Welsh Princes trilogy; and the Plantagenet novels follow Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine from When Christ and His Saints Slept. The Queen's Man begins a medieval mystery series. Fourteen titles make up the catalogue, at a median of 580 pages.

Sharon Lathan writes Regency romance built around Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet after their marriage. The Darcy Saga opens with Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy (2007) and runs through Loving Mr. Darcy (2008), In the Arms of Mr. Darcy (2011) and The Passions of Dr. Darcy (2013) to Darcy & Elizabeth: Hope of the Future (2017), with a companion set and a prequel duo beside it. Eleven titles are catalogued, and marriage, family life and English manners are the standing subjects.

Sharon M. Draper

31 books• 5 series

Sharon M. Draper is an American children's writer and professional educator, named National Teacher of the Year in 1997 and a two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books on young and adolescent African American experience. The Hazelwood High and Jericho series, Out of My Mind, Romiette and Julio, Copper Sun and Double Dutch are her best-known titles, alongside the Clubhouse Mysteries and Sassy series. Draper's catalogue holds 31 books dated 1970 to 2024, at a median 183 pages, taking in school stories, friendship, family life, race relations and death.

Sharon Sala has written under the Sharon Sala name and as Dinah McCall, with more than 85 books in print since a first publication in 1991. Sala is a seven-time RITA finalist and a Janet Dailey Award winner, and Romance Writers of America gave Sala its Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. The catalogue holds 144 Sala titles, from Sara's Angel (1991) to Reckoning (2026). Series include Blessings, Georgia; Mossy Creek; Jubilee, Kentucky; Jigsaw Files; Justice Way; Cat Dupree; Storm Front and Rebel Ridge. Romantic suspense and contemporary romance appear among the subject tags.

Sharon Shinn

39 books• 6 series

Sharon Shinn writes fantasy that borrows from science fiction and romance. The Shape-Changer's Wife (1995) opens 39 catalogued books running to Tropes (2026). Samaria, an imaginary place, names one sequence; Twelve Houses, Elemental Blessings, Safe-Keepers, Shifting Circle and Uncommon Echoes divide the rest, and angels, shapeshifting, magic and social class recur. Jenna Starborn (2002) retells Jane Eyre. Shinn graduated from Northwestern University and works as a journalist in St. Louis.

Sharyn McCrumb

35 books• 9 series

Appalachian history and folklore run through Sharyn McCrumb's fiction. Born in 1948, McCrumb is an American novelist whose Ballad series is set in the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains; the Elizabeth MacPherson books are mysteries, and the St. Dale series takes NASCAR as its subject. The catalogue holds 35 titles published between 1984 and 2017, from Sick of Shadows to Old Land, Dark Land, Strange Land. Forensic anthropology, murder investigation and mountain life recur as subjects.

Tripe Advisor: Misadventures in the Bookshop, Wigtown (2014) opens Shaun Bythell's catalogue of 5 books, which closes with Remainders of the Day (2022). Bythell is a Scottish bookshop owner, and the writing comes straight out of the trade: The Diary of a Bookseller (2017), Confessions of a Bookseller (2019) and Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops (2020) sit between. Antiquarian bookselling, customers, staff and book collectors are the subject matter, and Diary of a Bookseller is the one series catalogued.

Zombies and survival are Shawn Chesser's subject. Chesser writes post-apocalyptic fiction about soldiers and survivalists, split across Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, Riker's Apocalypse and Hitter. Trudge and Soldier On opened the catalogue in 2011, and 25 books follow them to The Price (2026).

Time travel and second chances run through most of Shawn Inmon's work. The catalogue holds 64 books published between 2012 and 2026, opening with Feels Like the First Time (2012) and reaching Moondog's Meaningful Lives (2026). Series include Middle Falls Time Travel, Cheviot Hills Time Travel, the Chronicles of Altor, Lost Eden, Alex Hawk, Arden Flux and the Arkana Sword and Sorcery Adventure books. Inmon is actively publishing.

Shawn McGuire writes mystery fiction, with 37 books catalogued from 2014 to The Crossroads (2026). Whispering Pines Mystery, Hearth & Cauldron Mysteries, Gemi Kittredge Mysteries, Wish Makers and Witches of Blackwood Grove are the series. Sticks and Stones and Break My Bones date from 2014, and Had a Great Fall and Never Hurt Me from 2015. Family Secrets and Kept Secrets appeared in 2017.

Shayla Black writes erotic romance and romantic suspense, with sexual dominance and submission a recurring subject. Early historical titles appeared as Shelley Bradley, starting with The Lady and the Dragon (1998). The Wicked Lovers, Perfect Gentlemen, Masters of Menage, Doms of Her Life and Doomsday Brethren series follow. Ninety-two titles are catalogued, reaching Tempted by the Bosshole in 2024.

Shayne Silvers writes fantasy and action-adventure. Nate Temple heads the Temple Chronicles, and the Phantom Queen Diaries, Feathers and Fire and Shade of Devil run alongside inside a shared Templeverse. Silvers has 47 catalogued books published between 2012 and 2023, opening with Obsidian Son (2012) and reaching Boilermaker (2023) by way of Blood Debts (2015), Grimm (2016), Silver Tongue (2016), Beast Master (2017) and Unchained (2017). Fantasy, suspense and science fiction are the recurring subjects, and nothing new has appeared since 2023.

Shea Ernshaw

7 books• 1 series

The Wicked Deep (2018) opens Shea Ernshaw's catalogue and won the Oregon Book Award for Young Readers in 2019. Winterwood (2019), A History of Wild Places (2021), A Wilderness of Stars (2022), The Beautiful Maddening (2025) and Habits of the Sea (2026) follow, and Long Live The Pumpkin Queen continues Tim Burton's film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Witches, sisters, revenge, love and the supernatural are the recurring subjects, set on coasts and in wild country. Ernshaw's books have been published in over twenty countries, and three of them were Indie Next Picks.

Shéa MacLeod is catalogued with 87 books published between 2011 and 2026. Subjects name urban fantasy, vampires, dragons, fairies, women bounty hunters and paranormal romance, and set work in Portland, Oregon and in London, England. Lady Rample, Viola Roberts and the Sunwalker Saga recur across the listing; other series include Season of the Witch, Deepwood Witches Mysteries, Notting Hill Diaries and Sugar Martin Vintage Cozy Mystery. Dragon Warrior, Kissed by Darkness, Kissed by Fire and Kissed by Smoke all date from 2011, and Lady Rample and the Dastardly Duke is the newest entry. The books run short, at a median of 204 pages.

Nora Watts, a private investigator, carries Sheena Kamal's thrillers through five catalogued books. The Lost Ones (2017), also published as Eyes Like Mine, opens the run, and No Going Back (2020) closes it, with In The Grip Of It, It All Falls Down and Fight Like a Girl between them. Kamal is a Canadian novelist writing thrillers and young adult fiction. Missing persons, adoptees, birthparents and organ trafficking appear in the subject record.

Cozy mysteries filled Sheila Connolly's list: the Orchard Mysteries around apple growing, the Museum Mysteries in Philadelphia, the County Cork books in Ireland, a Victorian Village series and the Relatively Dead novels. One Bad Apple (2008) opens 51 catalogued books, which end at Fatal Roots in 2020, with the early glassblowing titles written as Sarah Atwell.

Sheila Holm writes Christian nonfiction on faith, stewardship and national restoration. God's Currency (2014), God's Storehouse Principle (2014), Nation Restoration (2014) and A Peculiar People (2017) set out that ground, and the For The Sake Of America series extends across more than one volume. Eighteen books span 2014 to An Eternal Plan Always Trumps A Human Plan in 2025.

Sheila O’Flanagan, born 1958 in Dublin, is an Irish fiction writer and journalist who writes for The Irish Times. Maggie's Story (1999) opens a catalogue of 40 books that reaches The Honeymoon Affair in 2024, at a median 471 pages. Contemporary romance is the ground: single women, married people, mothers and daughters, families, Dublin and Ireland recur as subjects. Crystal Run is the one series in the list, and the 2010s were O’Flanagan's heaviest decade.

Sheila Roberts writes contemporary romance and women's fiction, with Christmas and holidays among the subject headings. The catalogue counts 51 titles from On Strike for Christmas (2007) to Have Yourself a Merry Little Meltdown (2026). Life in Icicle Falls, Moonlight Harbor, Heart Lake and Holly are named series, and Bikini Season (2008), Angel Lane (2009) and The Snow Globe (2010) sit early in the run. Female friendship and widowers appear among the subject headings.

Sheila Turnage is an American author whose best known book is Three Times Lucky (2012), a children's novel that took a Newbery Honor in 2013. Eight books are catalogued from Trout the Magnificent (1984) to Island of Spies (2022). The Mo & Dale Mysteries follow Three Times Lucky with The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing (2014), The Odds of Getting Even (2015) and The Law of Finders Keepers (2018). Guidebooks sit early in the list, in Compass Guide to North Carolina (1998) and Haunted Inns of the Southeast (2001). Community life, ghosts, foundlings and mystery and detective stories are the subject headings.

Shel Silverstein

25 books• 3 series

Shel Silverstein wrote children's poetry, nonsense verse and pictorial humour, and worked as a cartoonist, songwriter and musician. Silverstein lived from 1930 to 1999 and was raised in Chicago. His 25 catalogued books span 1955 to 2017, from Take Ten to Runny Babbit Returns, and run short at a median of 95 pages, with the 1960s his densest decade. Silverstein's drawings appeared in newspapers and magazines including Playboy during the 1950s, and Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book (1961) was his satire for adults. The Giving Tree (1964), Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic are among his most acclaimed titles, and the Missing Piece books form one of his two series.

Shelby Foote (1916-2005) was an American writer and journalist who thought of himself first as a novelist and is now known above all for The Civil War: A Narrative, the three-volume history published as Fort Sumter to Perryville (1958), Fredericksburg to Meridian (1963) and Red River to Appomattox (1974). The fiction runs from Tournament (1949) through Follow Me Down (1950), Love in a Dry Season (1951), Shiloh (1952), Jordan County (1954) and September, September (1978). Foote's roots were in the Mississippi Delta, and the work follows the South from the agrarian planter system to the Civil Rights era. Thirteen books are catalogued to 1996.

Shelby Mahurin is an American author of young adult fantasy, known above all for the Serpent & Dove trilogy, Serpent & Dove (2019), Blood & Honey (2020) and Gods & Monsters (2021), which works witches and folklore into a paranormal romance. The Scarlet Veil (2023) and The Shadow Bride (2025) continue the same world in a second series.

Shelby Van Pelt has three catalogued titles: The Carnival Fish (2019), Crush Season (2021) and Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022). Widowhood, missing persons, mothers and sons, and relationships between people and animals, an octopus among them, are the subjects attached to the work. The median book runs 368 pages.

Legal thrillers set around criminal defence work make up Sheldon Siegel's catalogue. Special Circumstances (2000) opens the Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez series, followed by Incriminating Evidence, Criminal Intent, Final Verdict and The Confession. The David Gold novels run alongside, and 21 books reach Unfinished Business in 2026.

Shelley Noble writes contemporary romance and mystery, much of it set on the shore. Noble's 24 catalogued books span 2012 to 2026, beginning with Beach Colors and reaching The Sisters of Book Row. Female friendship, family life, fathers and daughters, and seaside towns are the recurring subjects. Whisper Beach and Stargazey carry the romance strand; the Lady Dunbridge Mystery series carries the detective strand.

Shelley Read is the author of Go as a River, published in 2023. Go as a River is the only Shelley Read title in the catalogue, and no later book is on file, so the site marks the name as dormant.

Amish romance and Christian fiction fill the catalogue of Shelley Shepard Gray, which holds 101 books. Hidden (2008) is the earliest, followed by Forgiven and Wanted, and the series include Sisters of the Heart, Seasons of Sugarcreek, Families of Honor, the Amish of Hart County, Walnut Creek, Days of Redemption and the Amish ABCs. The Persistent Caller is scheduled for 2027.

Shelly Laurenston is a pseudonym of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author G.A. Aiken, who lives on the West Coast. Dragon stories appear as G.A. Aiken, and stories of wolves, lions, tigers and other predators appear as Shelly Laurenston. The catalogue lists 30 books from Pack Challenge (2006) to To Kill a Badger (2025), with The Farmer Prince due in 2027. Honey Badger Chronicles, Magnus Pack, Call of Crows and Long Island Coven are among the series, and shapeshifting and paranormal romance appear in the subjects.

Sherelle Green writes African American contemporary romance, with 61 books catalogued from 2013 to 2026. A Tempting Proposal (2013) is the first, followed by If Only For Tonight and Red Velvet Kisses (2014). Enticing Winter (2015), Falling For Autumn (2016) and Waiting for Summer (2016) come next, and A Miami Affair and Blue Sapphire Temptation date from 2017. Ruthless Pledge (2026) is the newest. Series include Crowne Legacy, Bare Sophistication, Naughty Season, Maverick Dynasty, Elite Event, To Marry a Madden and Dark Trinity. Chicago and secrets appear in the subject tags.

Sheri Cobb South's catalogue runs to 36 books, from Wrong-Way Romance (1991) to All's Fayre in Love and War (2025). Subjects range from teen romance and high school students to historical London, the aristocracy, police and widows. Series credited to South are John Pickett Mysteries, Weaver and Bartholomew Fayre. The Weaver Takes a Wife (1999) and The Cobra and the Lily (2002) are among the earlier titles.

Sheri Richey writes cozy mysteries, with a romance line alongside them. The Spicetown Mysteries give the catalogue its spine, joined by the Keslar Mansion Mystery, A Carom Seed Cozy and the Green Thumb Mystery, while Eden Hall and Ohio Romance carry the romance. The run opens with five Eden titles in 2010 - Finding Eden, Saving Eden, Healing Eden, Protecting Eden and Completing Eden - and reaches Pussy Willow Paradox in 2026. Twenty-six books are catalogued at around 274 pages.

Sheri S. Tepper (1929-2016) wrote science fiction, horror and mystery. Feminist science fiction is what she is chiefly known for, working through sociology, gender and equality as well as theology and ecology; often called an eco-feminist of the genre, Tepper preferred the label eco-humanist. Her 53 catalogued titles run from King's Blood Four (1983) to Fish Tails (2014), across the Land of the True Game, End of the Game, Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped, Awakeners, Arbai, Marianne, Ettison, Plague of Angels, Shirley McClintock and Jason Lynx sequences. Three Mavin Manyshaped books appeared in 1985, alongside Jinian Footseer and Marianne, the Magus, and the Manticore.

Sheridan Anne has 69 books in the catalogue, the first dated 2017. Miller / Not Your Pucking Girl (2017) is the earliest title, and Caden, Cole, Luke, Carter / Over My Dead Body and Jaxon / In Your Pucking Dreams followed in 2018. How To Catch A Killer ... And Date His Best Friend (2026) is the newest. Anne's series include Haven Falls, Broken Hill High, Broken Hill Boys, Rejects Paradise, Depraved Sinners, Kings of Denver, Denver Royalty, Rebels Advocate, Aston Creek High and Boys of Winter.

Sherman Alexie

26 books

Sherman Alexie is a Spokane novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter and filmmaker whose work draws on his life as an Indigenous American with ancestry in several tribes. Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and lives in Seattle, Washington. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) is his best known book: it took the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2007, and the Odyssey Award for best audiobook for young people in 2008, read by Alexie himself. Twenty-six titles are catalogued, from The Business of Fancydancing (1991) to You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (2017).

Sherrilyn Kenyon

117 books• 29 series

Sherrilyn Kenyon, born December 11, 1965, is an American writer of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, best known for the Dark-Hunter series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor, Kenyon writes historical fiction with paranormal elements. The books have sold over 70 million copies in more than 100 countries. The catalogue lists 117 titles from The Wager (1992) to Hell's Half Acre (2026), among them series such as League: Nemesis Rising, Dream-Hunter, B.A.D. Agency and Chronicles of Nick. Two early non-fiction titles are writer's guides from 1994 and 1995.

Sherry A. Burton's catalogue divides between three series: Jerry McNeal, the Orphan Train Saga and Kentucky Bluegrass. Thirty-eight books are listed, published between 2012 and 2026. The run opens in 2012 with The King of My Heart, The Scars Between Us and Whispers of the Past, and Last Responder (2026) is the newest title. Jerry McNeal is the recurring character.

Sherry Harris writes cozy mysteries with women sleuths, built around garage sales in Massachusetts and, later, a Florida bar. Tagged for Death (2014) opens the Sarah Winston series, followed by The Longest Yard Sale (2015), All Murders Final! (2016), A Good Day to Buy (2017), I Know What You Bid Last Summer (2018) and Let's Fake a Deal (2019). 13 titles are catalogued, including the Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon Mysteries, the last being Rum and Choke in 2022.

Sherry Thomas

31 books• 10 series

Sherry Thomas moves between historical romance and detection. The Lady Sherlock books put a woman private investigator to work in London; the Fitzhugh Trilogy, the Marsdens and the Heart of Blade Duology take the romance line, and the Elemental Trilogy and A Ballad of Mulan add fantasy. Thomas's catalogue holds 31 books, from Delicious (2008) to The Vanished Sister, and publication continues into 2026.

Sherryl Woods is an American writer of romance and mystery, born July 23, 1944, in Arlington, Virginia, who has also used the pen names Alexandra Kirk and Suzanne Sherrill. The Chesapeake Shores novels became a six-season Hallmark Channel series, and Netflix's Sweet Magnolias is based on Woods' books, with Woods as an executive producer. The catalogue lists 157 titles from Restoring Love (1982) to Starlit Secrets (2024). Other named series include Calamity Janes, Devaney Brothers and the Amanda Roberts and Molly DeWitt mysteries.

Sheryl Browne has 30 books in the catalogue, from Recipes For Disaster (2012) to Mr & Mrs (2026). Subject headings include romance, humorous, man-woman relationships and screenwriters. Early titles include Somebody to Love (2012), Warrant for Love (2012) and Learning to Love (2013); later ones include The Edge of Sanity (2014), Death Sentence (2015), After She's Gone (2017) and Deadly Intent / Want You Gone (2017). DI Matthew Adams is the series listed for Browne.

Shirlee Busbee, born August 9, 1941, is an American romance novelist who has published since 1977. More than nine million copies of the books are in print. Busbee has taken the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, along with Silver and Bronze Pen Awards from Affaire de Coeur. The catalogue holds 24 titles from Gypsy Lady (1977) to Desire Becomes Her (2012), with England, the Regency period, orphans and widows among the recorded subjects. Southern Women, Becomes Her and the Ballinger Family are the series listed.

Shirlee McCoy writes Christian romance and inspirational romantic suspense, with subjects that include police, widows and single mothers. The catalogue lists 64 books from Still Waters (2003) to Blizzard Showdown (2021) and marks the author as dormant. Series include Heroes For Hire, Mission: Rescue, Lakeview, FBI: Special Crimes Unit, Apple Valley and Bradshaws. Die Before Nightfall (2005), Little Girl Lost (2007) and Lakeview Protector (2008) are among the titles.

Shirleen Davies has 92 books catalogued between 2013 and 2026, filed under historical, romance, westerns and thrillers. The earliest titles include Faster Than the Rest, Harder Than The Rest and Tougher Than The Rest, all from 2013. Series by Shirleen Davies include Redemption Mountain, MacLarens of Fire Mountain, MacLarens of Boundary Mountain, Macklins of Whiskey Bend and Cowboys of Whistle Rock Ranch. The most recent entry is Never My Love (2026), and the catalogue is ongoing.

Witchcraft and murder meet in Shirley Damsgaard's Ophelia & Abby Mysteries. Eight books are catalogued between 2005 and 2011: Witch Way to Murder (2005), Charmed to Death and The Trouble With Witches (2006), The Witch Is Dead and Witch Hunt (2007), The Witch's Grave (2008), The Seventh Witch (2010) and Shadow Tales (2011). Librarians, psychics and ghosts fill the subject list.

Shirley Dickson has 5 catalogued books, all published between 2019 and 2021: Our Last Goodbye and The Orphan Sisters in 2019, The Lost Children and The Outcast Girls in 2020, then The Orphan's Secret in 2021. Orphans and lost children recur in the titles. No series is recorded for Dickson, and nothing has been added since 2021.

Shirley Jackson

32 books• 2 series

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) was an American writer of horror and mystery whose output ran to six novels, two memoirs and more than 200 short stories. The catalogue lists 32 titles, from Men with Their Big Shoes (1947) to an illustrated edition of Life Among the Savages dated 2026, with the 1950s her densest decade. The Lottery (1948) sits near the start, followed by The Road Through the Wall (1948), Hangsaman (1951) and The Bird's Nest (1954). Stoning, villages, lotteries and rites and ceremonies appear among the listed subjects.

Shirley MacLaine

16 books• 1 series

Shirley MacLaine is an actress who also writes. MacLaine's 16 catalogued books are largely autobiographical, covering a screen career and a long interest in spiritualism and parapsychology, with one cookery title among them. The run opens with Don't Fall Off the Mountain (1970) and The New Celebrity Cookbook (1973), takes in Out on a Limb (1983), Dancing in the Light (1985) and Going Within (1986), continues through Dance While You Can (1991) and My Lucky Stars (1995), and reaches The Wall of Life (2024).

Shirley Rousseau Murphy wrote mysteries and children's fantasy across 48 books between 1967 and 2018. The Joe Grey mysteries, set in California, are the longest run, with Dulcie tagged alongside Joe Grey and cats threaded through the subjects; Cat Chase the Moon (2018) is the last title listed. Murphy's earlier work is fantasy for younger readers, including the Children of Ynell and Dragonbards sequences and picture books such as The Pig Who Could Conjure The Wind (1978). The Sand Ponies (1967) opens the catalogue.

Shonda Rhimes is an American television producer and screenwriter and the founder of Shondaland. Rhimes created and ran Grey's Anatomy, its spin-off Private Practice and the political thriller Scandal, becoming the first African American woman to create three television dramas that each reached 100 episodes. Four books carry her name: a book tied to the film The Princess Diaries 2, Royal Engagement (2004), the memoir Year of Yes (2015) with its companion Year of Yes Journal (2016), and Inside Bridgerton (2022).