Order of Joan D. Vinge Books
Joan D. Vinge is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. She writes the Snow Queen Cycle, the Cat series and the Heaven’s Chronicle series. Joan earned her B.A. in anthropology from San Diego State University. She has taught at the SF&F workshop Clarion Workshop multiple times. When not writing, Joan makes dolls that she sells. Joan lives in Green Valley, Arizona with her husband, science fiction editor James Frenkel.
Joan D. Vinge made her debut as an author in 1978 with the novel The Outcasts of Heaven Belt. Below is a list of Joan D. Vinge’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Cat Books
| Psion | (1982) |    |
| Catspaw | (1988) | |
| Dreamfall | (1996) | |
Publication Order of Heaven Chronicles Books
| Outcasts of Heaven Belt | (1978) | |
| Legacy | (1980) | |
Publication Order of Snow Queen Cycle Books
| The Snow Queen | (1980) | |
| World's End | (1984) | |
| The Summer Queen | (1991) | |
| Tangled Up in Blue | (2000) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Return of the Jedi: The Storybook Based on the Movie | (1983) | |
| Tarzan, King of Apes | (1983) | |
| The Dune Storybook | (1984) | |
| Ladyhawke | (1985) | |
| Return to Oz | (1985) | |
| Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome | (1985) | |
| Santa Claus the Movie Storybook | (1985) | |
| Willow | (1988) | |
| Lost in Space Novelization | (1998) | |
| Cowboys and Aliens | (2011) | |
| 47 Ronin | (2012) | |
| Ladysmith | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Eyes of Amber and Other Stories | (1977) | |
| Fireship | (1978) | |
| Phoenix in the Ashes | (1985) | |
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction | (1978) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction | (1979) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders | (1983) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1985) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | |
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | |
| Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Valentines | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton | (1985) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection | (2002) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | (2004) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection | (2005) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006 | (2006) | |
If You Like Joan D. Vinge Books, You’ll Love…
Joan D. Vinge Synopses: Psion is the first book in the Cat series by Joan D. Vinge. Cat is a half-human, half-alien orphan telepath. It is a tough, gritty tale of an outsider whose only chance for redemption is as an undercover agent for an interstellar government that by turns punishes and helps him.
In Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Storybook by Joan D. Vinge, Luke Skywalker and his friends in the Rebel Alliance come up with a risky plan to battle with the Empire and its evil leaders, Darth Vader and the Emperor.