As everyone knows, science fiction and fantasy literature are fickle fields. Authors come and go, bursting on the scene one moment, and then disappearing from sight the next. Many authors who show great promise in their writing live up to that potential, of course, but more often than not the author's work pales as time goes by.
Patricia Anthony is a writer who is relatively new to the scene, having appeared in science fiction circles with her first novel, Cold Allies, in 1993. This book was actually her second written novel but the first one published. Anthony's writing is witty, solid science fiction, and she has gotten better and better as time goes by. I'm very fond of her first novel, but her second work, Brother Termite, was even better than the first, and Conscience of the Beagle was totally different than either of the first two novels.
Anthony has the ability to tell very strong, character-oriented stories, as evidenced by all of her novels to this point. Her having written some short fiction in the past shows, since she's a writer who has a strong *feel* of how to write good characterisation, liberally spiced with descriptive prose that are to the point.
The following is the listing of Patricia Anthony's fiction to this point:
You can find out a lot more about Patricia Anthony, and her works, on her web site. This site is still growing, but it's coming along nicely.