Sherwood Smith

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-02

Sherwood Smith, born Christine Ione Smith on May 28, 1951, in Glendale, California, is an American fantasy and science fiction author and retired teacher. She earned a BA from the University of Southern California in 1973 and an MA in History from UC Santa Barbara in 1977, and taught part-time at an elementary school before retiring to focus on writing. She is best known for Crown Duel (1997-1998), a young adult fantasy novel, and for the Inda series, comprising Inda (2006), The Fox (2007), King's Shield (2008), and Treason's Shore (2009), set in her invented world of Sartorias-deles, which recurs across much of her fiction. Her earlier Wren quartet, published between 1990 and 2010, includes Wren to the Rescue and Wren's Quest. Her 2012 novel The Spy Princess was a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award finalist. She has also collaborated with Andre Norton on novels set in the Solar Queen universe and with Dave Trowbridge on the Exordium science fiction series, and her short story 'Mom and Dad at the Home Front' was a 2000 Nebula Award finalist.

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Books

• Inda (2006) · Inda Core Canon
• The Fox (2007) · Inda Core Canon
• King's Shield (2008) · Inda Core Canon
• Treason's Shore (2009) · Inda Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 4 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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