Emma Bull

Growing up, Emma Bull used to love typing out nonsense words on the black Royal manual typewriter that belonged to her parents. At some point, her drive for storytelling became too strong and she began writing short stories, children's fiction, screenplays, and novels. She penned her debut work of fiction “Falcon” in 1985 but it was with the publishing of the “Shadow Unit” series that she would become a very popular author.

The best place to start is the Liavek series, the earliest of Emma Bull's multi-book series: it opens with Liavek (1985) and runs to 6 books across 1985–2015, ending with Points of Departure (2015). Emma Bull's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Emma Bull has 57 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2015. 24 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Liavek series with 6 books — and 33 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Emma Bull's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Liavek (1985–2015, 6 books) and Borderland (1991–1994, 3 books).

This guide splits Emma Bull's 57 books into 3 named series and 33 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Liavek (6 books, 1985–2015); Borderland (3 books, 1991–1994); Shadow Unit (15 books, 2011–2014).