Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series.
Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to George Herbert McCaffrey and Anne Dorothy McElroy McCaffrey. She studied Slavonic Languages and Literature at Radcliffe College. She married in 1950 and has three children: Alec Anthony, born in 1952, Todd, born in 1956, and Georgeanne, born in 1959. She was divorced in 1970, after which she emigrated to Ireland.
In 1968 McCaffrey's short story "Weyr Search", the initial story in the Dragonriders of Pern series, won a Hugo Award for Best Novella. It was the first time a woman had won a Hugo for fiction.
At the 2005 Nebula Award ceremonies, Ms McCaffrey will be named the 22nd Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America organization.
She currently lives in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Books
Dragonriders of Pern and/or Chronicles of Pern
- Dragonflight (1968) (the first section is derived from "Weyr Search")
- Dragonquest (1970)
- Dragonsong (1976)
- Dragonsinger (1977)
- The White Dragon (1978)
- Dragondrums (1979)
- Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983)
- Nerilka's Story (1986)
- Dragonsdawn (1988)
- Renegades of Pern (1989)
- All the Weyrs of Pern (1991)
- The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (1993)
- The Dolphins' Bell (1993)
- The Dolphins of Pern (1994)
- The Girl Who Heard Dragons (1994)
- Red Star Rising (Hardback) and Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern (Paperback) (1996) (called Dragon's Eye for US release)
- Masterharper of Pern (1998)
- The Skies of Pern (2001)
- Dragon's Kin (2003) (with her son Todd McCaffrey)
- Dragon's Blood (2005) (Written by Todd McCaffrey)
The Ship Series
- The Ship Who Sang (1969) (short stories)
- PartnerShip (1992) with Margaret Ball
- The Ship Who Searched (1992) with Mercedes Lackey
- The City Who Fought (1993) with S.M. Stirling
- The Ship Who Won (1994) with Jody Lynn Nye
- Brain Ships (2003) (includes The Ship Who Searched and Partnership)
- The Ship who Saved the Worlds (2003) (includes The Ship who Won and The Ship Errant)
- The City and the Ship (2004) (includes The City who Fought and The Ship Avenged)
- This series also includes solo entries by Stirling and Nye
- The Ship Errant (1996) by Jody Lynn Nye
- The Ship Avenged (1997) by S.M. Stirling
The Talents universe
The Pegasus Series
The Tower and Hive Series
- The Rowan (1990) (partly based on the short "Lady in the Tower")
- Damia (1991) (partly based on the short "A Meeting of Minds")
- Damia's Children (1993)
- Lyon's Pride (1994)
- The Tower and the Hive (1999)
Coelura & Nimisha & Crystal universe
- The Coelura (1983)
- Nimisha's Ship (1998)
The Crystal Singer Series
(Several "Crystal Singer" short stories also appear in the anthologies Continuum 2 and Continuum 4, both edited by Roger Elwood.)
The Dinosaur Planet and Planet Pirate Series
- Dinosaur Planet (1978)
- Dinosaur Planet Survivors (1984)
- Sassinak (1990) with Elizabeth Moon
- The Death of Sleep (1990) with Jody Lynn Nye
- Generation Warriors (1991) with Elizabeth Moon
- The Planet Pirates published as an omnibus trade paperback edition of Sassinak, The Death of Sleep and Generation Warriors (with Elizabeth Moon and Jody Lynn Nye)
- Mystery of Ireta published as an onmibus edition of Dinosaur Planet and Dinosaur Planet Survivors (2003)
The Doona Series
- Decision at Doona (1969)
- Crisis on Doona (1992) with Jody Lynn Nye
- Treaty at Doona (1994) with Jody Lynn Nye
- Doona an omnibus edition of the trilogy
The Petaybee Series
- Powers That Be (1993) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- Power Lines (1994) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- Power Play (1995) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
The Freedom (Catteni) Series
The Acorna Series
- Acorna the Unicorn Girl (1997) with Margaret Ball
- Acorna's Quest (1998) with Margaret Ball
- Acorna's People (1999) with Margaret Ball
- Acorna's World (2000) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- Acorna's Search (2001) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- Acorna's Rebels (2003) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- Acorna's Triumph (2004) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Romances
- The Mark of Merlin (1971)
- Ring of Fear (1971)
- The Kilternan Legacy (1975)
- Stitch in Snow (1985)
- The Year of the Lucy (1986)
- The Lady (1987)
Other
- Restoree (1967)
- Get off the Unicorn (1987) (collection of short stories)
- Black Horses for the King (1996)
- An Exchange of Gifts (1996)
- No One Noticed the Cat (1996)
- Space Opera (1996) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- If Wishes were Horses (1998)
External links
Categories: 1926 births | American writers | Science fiction writers | Dragonriders of Pern