At the age of 14, with the oblivious confidence of adolescence,

 Jennifer Roberson  informed her mother she was going to write a book.  Her mother, equally book-obsessed, told her to go for it.

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Roberson did.  And submitted the manuscript.  And received her first rejection slip.

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Fifteen years later, DAW Books published Shapechangers,  the first  novel in the 8-volume Chronicles of the Cheysuli, and a career was born.   In the 38 years since then, working closely with DAW's Hugo Award-winning editor and publisher Betsy Wollheim,  Roberson has written three bestselling fantasy series, including the Cheysuli novels, the 8-volume Sword-Dancer  saga, the Karavans books, and in November 2019 debuts Life and Limb, the first volume in the ongoing Blood & Bone modern fantasy series.  

Roberson also collaborated with fantasy  bestsellers Melanie Rawn and Kate Elliott on World Fantasy Award finalist The Golden Key.

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Novels in other genre include three historicals from Kensington:

Lady of the Forest and  its sequel, Lady of Sherwood, reinterpretations of the Robin Hood legend with emphasis  on Marian’s role; and a Scottish novel based on the documented 18th-century Massacre  of Glencoe,  Lady of the Glen. 

 

Roberson has also published an historical romance,

romantic suspense, and Western, and the fantasy short story

 collection Guinevere’s Truth +  Other Tales.  The DAW and

Kensington novels are available in all formats including Audible

recordings.  Non-fantasy novels and the short story collection 

are available via e-book format.

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