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Anne Inez McCaffrey (Affectionately termed by her fans as The Dragonlady) |
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Born on Her education
consisted of McCaffrey is
a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America (and was
secretary-treasurer, 1968-70), Mystery Writers of America, Authors Guild,
Novelists’ Ink, and PEN (
Her
works—listed down below—are mostly series in the Sci-Fi
and Fantasy genre, but she has written Romances as well. Her most notable contribution to the field
of Sci-Fi and Fantasy writing has been to make emotion and love respectable
subjects in the genre. Her most
well-known series, Dragonriders of Pern, almost create a new genre of
“Science Fantasy” in that telepathic beasts resembling Earth’s mythical
dragons are genetically created from indigenous alien life to aid humans in
the fight against hostile alien spores from a passing rogue planet. She has also written about a unicorn-like
alien named Acorna, telepaths in the Rowan and Pegasus series, alien and
human co-habitation in the Doona series, cyborg and human space travel in the
Ship Who Sang series, musical crystal miners in the |
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Sources (All accessed from Who's Who 152 Annual
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Anne McCaffrey’s (many!) writings. For further info, you can look on most book-buying or
fan websites for a short synopsis and/or purchasing information. SCIENCE
FICTION/FANTASY
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Restoree ·
(Editor) Alchemy and
Academe ·
Get off the Unicorn ·
The Worlds of Anne
McCaffrey ·
The Coelura ·
Stitch in Snow ·
Three Women ·
(With Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Powers That Be ·
(With Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Power Lines ·
(With Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Power Play ·
An Exchange of
Gifts, illustrated
by Pat Morrissey ·
No One Noticed the
Cat ·
(Editor with Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Space Opera ·
If Wishes Were
Horses ·
Nimisha's Ship ·
(With Joe Haldeman & Arthur C. Clarke) The Best Military Science Fiction of the
20th Century ·
A Gift of Dragons, illustrated by Tom
Kidd "DRAGONRIDERS
OF PERN" SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
(With Todd McCaffrey) Dragon's
Kin ·
Dragonflight ·
Dragonquest: Being
the Further Adventures of the Dragonriders of Pern ·
A Time When, Being a
Tale of Young Lord Jaxom, His White Dragon, Ruth, and Various Fire-Lizards ·
The White Dragon ·
The Dragonriders of
Pern
(contains Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and
The White Dragon), ·
Moreta: Dragonlady
of Pern ·
The Girl Who Heard
Dragons, illustrated by Michael Whelan ·
Nerilka's Story ·
Dragonsdawn, illustrated by
Michael Whelan ·
The Renegades of
Pern ·
All the Weyrs of
Pern ·
The Chronicles of
Pern: First Fall ·
The Dolphins' ·
The Dolphins of Pern ·
Dragonseye ·
The Masterharper of
Pern ·
The Skies of Pern ·
On Dragonwings (omnibus containing
Dragonsdawn, Dragonseye, and Moreta) "HARPER
HALL" SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
Dragonsong ·
Dragonsinger ·
Dragondrums ·
The Harper Hall of
Pern
(contains Dragonsong, Dragonsinger,
and Dragondrums) "DOONA"
SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
Decision at Doona ·
(With Jody Lynn Nye) Crisis
on Doona ·
(With Jody Lynn Nye) Treaty
at Doona "SHIP WHO
SANG" SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
(With Mercedes Lackey & Margaret Ball) Brain Ships, edited by James Baen ·
(With Jody Lynn Nye) The
Ship Who Saved the Worlds ·
The Ship Who Sang ·
(With Mercedes Lackey) The
Ship Who Searched ·
(With Margaret Ball) PartnerShip ·
(With S. M. Stirling) The
City Who Fought ·
(With Jody Lynn Nye) The
Ship Who Won ·
(With S. M. Stirling) The
Ship Avenged "DINOSAUR
PLANET" SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
Dinosaur Planet ·
The Dinosaur Planet
Survivors ·
The Ireta Adventure (contains Dinosaur Planet and The Dinosaur Planet Survivors) ·
The Mystery of
Ireta: Dinosaur Planet & Dinosaur Planet Survivors "CRYSTAL
SINGER" SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
Crystal Singer ·
Killashandra ·
Crystal Line ·
Crystal Singer
Trilogy
(contains Crystal Singer, Killashandra,
and Crystal Line) "PLANET
PIRATE" SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
(With Elizabeth Moon) Sassinak ·
(With Jody Lynn Nye) The
Death of Sleep ·
Generation Warriors ·
(With Elizabeth Moon & Jody Lynn Nye) The Planet Pirates "ROWAN"
SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
The Rowan ·
Damia ·
Damia's Children ·
The Tower and The
Hive "FREEDOM"
SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
Freedom's Landing ·
Freedom's Choice ·
Freedom's Challenge ·
Freedom's Ransom "PEGASUS"
SERIES; SCIENCE FICTION ·
To Ride Pegasus ·
Pegasus in Flight ·
Pegasus in Space "ACORNA" SERIES;
SCIENCE FICTION ·
(With Margaret Ball) Acorna:
The Unicorn Girl ·
(With Margaret Ball) Acorna's
Quest ·
(With Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Acorna's People ·
(With Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Acorna's World ·
(With Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Acorna's Search ·
(With Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Acorna's Rebels ·
(With Elizabeth A. Scarborough) Acorna's Triumph OTHER ·
The Mark of Merlin ·
The Ring of Fear ·
(Editor) Cooking out of
This World ·
The Kilternan Legacy ·
Habit Is an Old
Horse ·
The Year of the Lucy ·
The Lady (published
as The Carradyne Touch in ·
(Author of text and introduction) Robin Wood, The People of Pern ·
(With Jody Lynn Nye) The
Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, illustrated by Todd Cameron Hamilton ·
Three Gothic Novels:
The Ring of Fear, The Mark of Merlin, The Kilternan Legacy ·
Dragonflight Graphic
Novel ·
Black Horses for the
King ·
(Editor with John Betancourt) Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey ·
Dragon ·
(With Richard Woods) A
Diversity of Dragons, illustrated by John Howe
Collections
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