The Guild of Xenolinguists, Golden Grypon Press, September 2007.

The story "Reading the Bones" is the 1998 Nebula novella award winner. An expanded version was published in 2003 by Tachyon Press.
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Birds has been called "an insightful look at the real experience of going into space, an adventure gritty and wondrous."
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A Novel of Alien Contact

The crew of the Ann Bonny has no reason to suspect danger from the gentle natives of the planet they call Chameleon - except for the orbiting wreckage of the last ship to visit. Their purpose: declare the natives non-sentient and open Chameleon for exploitation. The only one who can stop them is novice xenolinguist Gia Kennedy, who suspects these aliens are more than they seem. And her only ally is the crew's one man, the disturbing and frightening artist, Zion Marit.

You can find a selection of my short fiction -- lingster stories, alternate history, fantasy -- at Fictionwise

Tiger in the Sky, is a young adult novel and has its own page here. I have first edition, unread copies of Tiger in the Sky for sale.
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First Edition, Unread Copies of Shaper's Exile Trilogy For Sale.
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I have a continuing series about "lingsters" whose job it is to crack alien languages. These Guild of Xenolinguist stories can be found in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction