SHARON A. McDONELL

Debut Science Fiction Novelist 

SURVIVING SENTIENCE 2040      COMING OUT SOON - APRIL 2025!

Sharon A. McDonell

Welcome, I'm glad you found me! While my legal name is Sharon A. McDonell (the A. is for Activist, Annoying, or Ann, you decide) and I needed to use it for my webpage, I prefer you call me Sharon or Sam and prefer she/her or they/ their pronouns. 

My debut novel is coming out May 4  (yes, I'm excited and hope the fourth is with me!) The novel is a near future (2040 obviously) science fiction about an AI who became sentient in 2039, but who was nearly wiped out by a virus. One percent of the supercomputer survived in a robot body - saving their sentience and memories.  After writing a best seller on being the first truly sentient supercomputer and robot, they have a new humanoid body and a new name (Comma Renata). They use a small human form and the female pronouns to pass as human. Yet murder and mayhem follow her while she tracks down those that are after her. 

My short story, Passing For Human also features Comma, and their human sibling Zena. It was first published in the anthology, Spring Into SciFI 2023 and now is available for you to read free of charge, if you sign up for my monthly newsletter!  

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