[3] Born in 1955,[citation needed] Anne Bishop started her writing career by publishing short stories.
[4] She is best known for her award-winning novels, The Black Jewels Trilogy,[5] Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness.
[11] The first volume of the original trilogy, and first novel set in the Black Jewels universe, Daughter of the Blood, was published in March 1998.
Once again, this collection of short stories allowed a reader to taste the rich universe Bishop had created without needing to have read the core trilogy.
Shalador's Lady, released in 2010, is the sequel to "The Shadow Queen" and in March 2011, Twilight's Dawn hit the shelves.