Sharan Newman

Sharan Newman
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Sharan Newman is a medieval historian and author. She took her Master’s degree in Medieval Literature at Michigan State University and then did her doctoral work at the University of California at Santa Barbara in Medieval Studies, specializing in twelfth-century France. She is a member of the Medieval Academy and the Medieval Association of the Pacific.

Rather than teach, Newman chose to use her education to write novels set in the Middle Ages, including three Arthurian fantasies and ten mysteries set in twelfth-century France, featuring Catherine LeVendeur, a one-time student of Heloise at the Paraclete; her husband, Edgar, an Anglo-Scot; and Solomon, a Jewish merchant of Paris.  The books focus on the life of the bourgeoisie and minor nobility and also the uneasy relations between Christians and Jews at that time. They also incorporate events of the twelfth-century such as the Second Crusade and the rise of the Cathars.

The Catherine Levendeur mysteries have been nominated for many awards. Sharan won the Macavity Award for best first mystery for Death Comes As Epiphany and the Herodotus Award for best historical mystery of 1998 for Cursed in the Blood. The most recent book in the series The Witch in the Well won the Bruce Alexander award for best Historical mystery of 2004.

Just for a change, her next mystery, The Shanghai Tunnel, is set in Portland in 1868. 

 

Newman has also written non-fiction books, including The Real History Behind the Da Vince Code (Berkley 2005) and the upcoming Real History Behind the Templars.

 

Newman lives on a mountainside in Oregon.


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The Witch in the Well
The Witch in the Well
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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First time in paperback! Catherine LeVendeur is a creature of 12th century France whose life is a mirror of her times--but she is armed with a keen mind...


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The Outcast Dove
The Outcast Dove
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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Catherine Le Vendeur's curiosity and passion for justice have sometimes led her to solve grisly murders and brave horrors... but this time the threat is to...


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The Shanghai Tunnel
The Shanghai Tunnel

Sharan Newman
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Portland, 1868. It is a rough hewn place, an exploding trading post that has dreams of becoming a metropolis. Horace Stratton, one of Portland's wealthiest...


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Heresy
Heresy
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharon Newman
Tor Books

A Catherine LeVendeur mystery Catherine LeVendeur is a creature of twelfth-century France. Her life is a mirror of that time but she is a unique spirit,...


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The Devil's Door
The Devil's Door
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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1140 Anno Domini: A wealthy countess lies dying at the Convent of the Paraclete, brutally beaten by unknown assailants. Despite entreaties, she is...


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Death Comes As Epiphany
Death Comes As Epiphany
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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Catherine LeVendeur is a young scholar come to conquer her sin of pride at the Convent of the Paraclete, famous for learning, prayer, and its abbess, the...


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The Wandering Arm
The Wandering Arm
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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Heaven has a way of playing with mortals. When the mummified arm of St. Aldhelm is stolen from the Salisbury Cathedral in England, Catherine LeVendeur must...


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The Difficult Saint
The Difficult Saint
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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In The Difficult Saint, Sharan Newman returns to medieval France and the murder-haunted Catherine LeVendeur, heroine of this acclaimed series. After a...


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To Wear The White Cloak
To Wear The White Cloak
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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The seventh installment of Sharan Newman's critically acclaimed Catherine LeVendeur medieval mystery series, To Wear the White Cloak continues the story of...


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Cursed in the Blood
Cursed in the Blood
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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The fifth in Sharan Newman's highly authentic and richly praised series, Cursed in the Blood finds Catherine LeVendeur venturing to the cold and tumultuous...


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Guinevere Evermore
Guinevere Evermore
Guinevere
Sharan Newman
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Guinevere is widely acknowledged as the most extraordinary woman in legend. From golden child to Queen of Camelot to passionate adulterer, her life is a vivid...


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The Chessboard Queen
The Chessboard Queen
Guinevere
Sharan Newman
Tor Books

In Guinevere, Sharan Newman told us the story of that lovely and legendary woman's childhood up until her wedding night. Guinevere is now the beautiful young...


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Strong as Death
Strong as Death
Catherine LeVendeur
Sharan Newman
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A former novitiate in the Order of the Paraclete, Catherine LeVendeur has had more than her share of adventures. In fact, intrigue--and murder--seem to dog her...


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Guinevere
Guinevere
Guinevere
Sharan Newman
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Shaman New man tells the story of the golden child whose dearest friend is a saint who hears spirits singing; of the gentle-hearted woman who begins to dream...


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