Anne McCaffrey

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Image:Anne McCaffrey 2005.JPG 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.She had two brothers: Hugh McCaffrey (deceased 1988), Major US Army, and Kevin Richard McCaffrey, still living.

Anne was educated at Stuart Hall, Staunton Virginia, Montclair High School, Montclair, New Jersey, and graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College majoring in Slavonic Languages and Literature in 1947. 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 was named the 22nd Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America organization.

She currently lives in a house of her own design in County Wicklow, Ireland, and calls her home Dragonhold-Underhill.

Contents 1 Books 1.1 Dragonriders of Pern Series 1.2 The Ship Series 1.3 The Talents universe 1.3.1 The Pegasus Series 1.3.2 The Tower and Hive Series 1.4 Coelura & Nimisha & Crystal universe 1.4.1 The Crystal Singer Series 1.5 The Dinosaur Planet and Planet Pirates Series 1.6 The Doona Series 1.7 The Petaybee Series (Powers series) 1.8 The Catteni Series (Freedom series) 1.9 The Acorna Series 1.10 Acorna's Children Series 1.11 Twins of Petaybee Series 1.12 Romances 1.13 Other 2 References 3 External links

Books

Dragonriders of Pern Series

• Dragonflight (1968) (the first section is derived from "Weyr Search") ISBN 0345456335, ISBN 0552084530
• Dragonquest (1970) ISBN 0345335082
• A Time When (1975) (NESFA Press) ISBN 0915368072

(became the first part The White Dragon)

• Dragonsong (1976) ISBN 0689860080
• Dragonsinger (1977) ISBN 0689860072
• The White Dragon (1978) ISBN 0345341678
• Dragondrums (1979) ISBN 0689860064
• Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983) ISBN 034529873X
• Nerilka's Story (1986) ISBN 0345339495
• Dragonsdawn (1988) ISBN 0345362861
• Renegades of Pern (1989) ISBN 0345369335
• All the Weyrs of Pern (1991) ISBN 0345368932
• The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (1993) ISBN 0345368991

  This is a collection of short stories:

  • The Survey: P.E.R.N.
  • The Dolphins' Bell
  • The Ford of Red Hanrahan
  • The Second Weyr
  • Rescue Run (originally appeared in Analog)
• The Dolphins of Pern (1994) ISBN 0345368959
• The Girl Who Heard Dragons (1994) ISBN 0812510992
• Red Star Rising (Hardback) and Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern (Paperback) (1996) ISBN 0552142727

(called Dragon's Eye for US release, ISBN 0345418794)

• Masterharper of Pern (1998) ISBN 0345424603
• Beyond Between (1999) (a short story; included in the Legends II anthology)
• The Skies of Pern (2001) ISBN 0345434692
• A Gift of Dragons (2002) ISBN 0345456351

  This is a collection of four short stories:

  • The Smallest Dragonboy (1973)
  • The Girl Who Heard Dragons (1994)
  • The Runner of Pern (1999)
  • Ever the Twain (2002)
• Dragon's Kin (2003) (with her son Todd McCaffrey) ISBN 0345462009
• Dragon's Blood (2005) (Written by Todd McCaffrey) ISBN 0345441249
• Dragon's Fire (2006) (with her son Todd McCaffrey) ISBN 0345480287

The Ship Series

• The Ship Who Sang (1969) (short story collection with stories from 1961, 1966, and 1969) ISBN 0345334310
• PartnerShip (1992) with Margaret Ball, ISBN 0671721097
• The Ship Who Searched (1992) with Mercedes Lackey, ISBN 0671721291
• The City Who Fought (1993) with S.M. Stirling, ISBN 067187599X
• The Ship Who Won (1994) with Jody Lynn Nye, ISBN 0671876570
• Brain Ships (2003) (includes The Ship Who Searched and Partnership) ISBN 0743471660
• The Ship who Saved the Worlds (2003) (includes The Ship who Won and The Ship Errant) ISBN 0743471717
• The City and the Ship (2004) (includes The City who Fought and The Ship Avenged) ISBN 074347189X

• This series also includes solo entries by Stirling and Nye
  • The Ship Errant (1996) by Jody Lynn Nye, ISBN 0671878549
  • The Ship Avenged (1997) by S.M. Stirling, ISBN 0671878611

The Talents universe

The Pegasus Series

• To Ride Pegasus (1973) (short stories) ISBN 0345336038
• Pegasus in Flight (1990) ISBN 0345368975
• Pegasus in Space (2000) ISBN 0345434676

The Tower and Hive Series

• The Rowan (1990) (partly based on the short "Lady in the Tower") ISBN 0441735762
• Damia (1991) (partly based on the short "A Meeting of Minds") ISBN 0441135560
• Damia's Children (1993) ISBN 044100007X
• Lyon's Pride (1994) ISBN 0441001416
• The Tower and the Hive (1999) ISBN 0441007201

Coelura & Nimisha & Crystal universe

• The Coelura (1983) ISBN 0312930429
• Nimisha's Ship (1998) ISBN 0345434250

The Crystal Singer Series

• Crystal Singer (1982) ISBN 0345327861
• Killashandra (1986) ISBN 0345316002
• Crystal Line (1992) ISBN 0345384911

(Several "Crystal Singer" short stories also appear in the anthologies Continuum 2 (ISBN 0399113037) and Continuum 4 (ISBN 0399114696), both edited by Roger Elwood.)

The Dinosaur Planet and Planet Pirates Series

• Dinosaur Planet (1978) ISBN 0345319958
• Dinosaur Planet Survivors (1984) ISBN 0345272463

Mystery of Ireta (2003) — omnibus edition of Dinosaur Planet and Dinosaur Planet Survivors, ISBN 0345467213

The Planet Pirates Trilogy

• Sassinak (1990-03-01) with Elizabeth Moon, ISBN 067169863X
• The Death of Sleep (1990-06-01) with Jody Lynn Nye, ISBN 0671698842
• Generation Warriors (1991-02-01) with Elizabeth Moon, ISBN 0671720414

The Planet Pirates (1993-10-01) — omnibus trade paperback collection of the above trilogy, ISBN 0671721879

The Doona Series

• Decision at Doona (1969) ISBN 0345353773
• Crisis on Doona (1992) with Jody Lynn Nye, ISBN 0441231942
• Treaty at Doona (1994) with Jody Lynn Nye, ISBN 0441000894
• Doona (2004) an omnibus edition of the trilogy, ISBN 0441011314

The Petaybee Series (Powers series)

• Powers That Be (1993) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
• Power Lines (1994) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
• Power Play (1995) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

The Catteni Series (Freedom series)

• Freedom's Landing (1995) (based on the 1970 short story The Thorns of Barevi which appears in the 1977 collection Get Off the Unicorn) ISBN 0441003389
• Freedom's Choice (1996) ISBN 0441005314
• Freedom's Challenge (1998) ISBN 0441006256
• Freedom's Ransom (2002) ISBN 0441010202

The Acorna Series

• Acorna the Unicorn Girl (1997) with Margaret Ball, ISBN 0061057894
• Acorna's Quest (1998) with Margaret Ball, ISBN 0061057908
• Acorna's People (1999) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ISBN 0061059838
• Acorna's World (2000) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ISBN 0061059846
• Acorna's Search (2001) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ISBN 0380818469
• Acorna's Rebels (2003) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ISBN 0380818477
• Acorna's Triumph (2004) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ISBN 0380818485

Acorna's Children Series

• First Warning (2005) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ISBN 0060525398
• Second Wave (2006) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (not released yet) ISBN 0060525401

Twins of Petaybee Series

• Changelings (2005) with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ISBN 0345470028

Romances

• The Mark of Merlin (1971) ISBN 1587154935
• Ring of Fear (1971) ISBN 1587150166
• The Kilternan Legacy (1975) ISBN 1587157934
• Stitch in Snow (1985) ISBN 0812585623
• The Year of the Lucy (1986) ISBN 0812585658
• The Lady (1987) ISBN 0345356748

Other

• Restoree (1967), ISBN 0345351878
• Get off the Unicorn (1987) (collection of short stories), ISBN 0345349350
• Black Horses for the King (1996) ISBN 0345422570
• An Exchange of Gifts (1996) ISBN 1880448475
• No One Noticed the Cat (1996) ISBN 0809500892
• Space Opera (1996) editor with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, ISBN 0886777143
• If Wishes were Horses (1998) ISBN 1557423180

References

• Roberts, Robin. Anne McCaffrey: A Critical Companion. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996. ISBN 031329450X

External links

• Anne McCaffrey Official Site
• Anne McCaffrey Biography
• Bibliography at SciFan
• Bibliography at The Internet Book Database of Fiction
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• 1988 audio interview of Anne McCaffrey by Don Swaim of CBS Radio - RealAudiobg:Ан Макафри

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