Sharon Lee (born September 11, 1952) is an American science fiction, fantasy and mystery author who lived in Winslow, Maine from 1988-2018 before moving to nearby Waterville.
Born Sharon Lee Backof in Baltimore, Maryland, Lee graduated from Parkville Senior High School in 1970, and attended University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the late 1970s while employed as Administrative Aide to the Dean of the School of Social Work and Community Planning at the UMAB Professional Schools in downtown Baltimore.
[3] Throughout her life, Lee has been employed as various flavors of secretary, as well as advertising copywriter, call-in talk hostess, nightside news copy editor, freelance reporter, photographer, book reviewer, and deliverer of tractor trailers.
(based in Maine) (coauthored with Steve Miller) (coauthored with Steve Miller) She and Steve Miller have been a Guest of Honor or Special Guest at a number of science fiction conventions, including: SiliCon (1998); SheVaCon (2000, 2003); Albacon (2002);[84] Balticon (2003, 2016);[85][86] MarsCon (2003, 2017);[87][88] PortConME (2004, 2011); CONduit and Trinoc*coN (2004); Penguicon and COSine (2006);[89][90][91] Stellarcon (2009); DucKon and Oasis (2010);[92] ConQuesT and Chattacon (2012);[93][94] Philcon (2014);[95][96] Ravencon (2016);[97][98][99] and ConFluence (2017).
This may sound rude and elitist, but honestly, it’s not easy for us to get it right sometimes, and we’ve been living with these characters... for a very long time... We built our universes, and our characters; they are our intellectual property; and they are not toys lying about some virtual sandbox for other kids to pick up and modify at their whim.