Lisa Smedman

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-06

Lisa Smedman is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author born in North Vancouver, British Columbia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from the University of British Columbia and a journalism diploma from Langara College in Vancouver. She began her career as a typesetter, then worked as a reporter and editor at Vancouver-area weekly newspapers including the Richmond Review, the Langley Times, and Sounder magazine, and later as an editor at the Vancouver Courier writing local history articles. She was a finalist in the Writers of the Future contest in 1993. Her debut novel, The Lucifer Deck (1997), was set in the Shadowrun universe, and she became known for her prolific gaming tie-in fiction, including the Forgotten Realms House of Serpents trilogy (2004-2006) and The Lady Penitent trilogy (2007-2008), as well as her 2004 New York Times bestseller Extinction, also set in the Forgotten Realms. She also wrote The Apparition Trail (2004), an alternate-history fantasy, and two non-fiction books on Vancouver history.

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Books

• The Halls of Stormweather (2000) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Heirs of Prophecy (2002) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Extinction (2004) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Venom's Taste (2004) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Viper's Kiss (2005) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Vanity's Brood (2006) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Sacrifice of the Widow (2007) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Storm of the Dead (2007) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Ascendancy of the Last (2008) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 40 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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