Sheri S. Tepper
<p>Sheri S. Tepper is the author of more than thirty resoundingly acclaimed novels, including <em>The Waters Rising</em>, <em>The Margarets</em>, <em>The Companions</em>, <em>The Visitor</em>, <em>The Fresco</em>, <em>Singer from the Sea</em>, <em>Six Moon Dance</em>, <em>The Family Tree</em>, <em>Gibbon's Decline and Fall</em>, <em>Shadow's End</em>, <em>A Plague of Angels</em>, <em>Sideshow</em>, and <em>Beauty</em>; numerous novellas; stories; poems; and essays. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.</p>