Anne Inez McCaffrey (born
April 1,
1926) is an American fantasy author best known for her
Dragonriders of Pern series.
Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She studied Slavonic Languages and Literature at Radcliffe College.
In 1968 McCaffrey's short story "Weyr Search", the initial story in the Dragonriders of Pern series, won a Hugo for Best Novella. It was the first time a woman had won a Hugo for fiction.
She currently lives in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Books
- 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)
- Get off the Unicorn (1987)
- Nerilka's Story (1986)
- Dragonsdawn (1988)
- Renegades of Pern (1989)
- All the Weyrs of Pern (1991)
- Rescue Run (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/Hardcover) 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)
(This series also includes solo entries by Stirling and Nye.)
- To Ride Pegasus (1973)
- Pegasus in Flight (1990)
- Pegasus in Space (2000)
- Crystal Singer (1982)
- Killashandra (1986)
- Crystal Line (1992)
- Freedom's Landing (1995)
- Freedom's Choice (1996)
- Freedom's Challenge (1998)
- Freedom's Ransom (2002)
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