Anne McCaffrey

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

Dragonriders of Pern and Renegades 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)
• 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)

The Ship Series

• The Ship Who Sang (1969)
• 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[?]

(This series also includes solo entries by Stirling and Nye.)

The Pegasus Series

• To Ride Pegasus (1973)
• Pegasus in Flight (1990)
• Pegasus in Space (2000)

The Tower and Hive Series

• The Rowan (1990)
• Damia (1991)
• Damia's Children (1993)
• Lyon's Pride (1994)
• The Tower and the Hive (1999)

The Dinosaur Planet Series / Planet Pirates 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 Crystal Singer Series

• Crystal Singer (1982)
• Killashandra (1986)
• Crystal Line (1992)

The Doona Series

• Decision at Doona (1969)
• Crisis on Doona (1992) with Jody Lynn Nye[?]
• Treaty at Doona (1994) with Jody Lynn Nye[?]

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

• Freedom's Landing (1995)
• Freedom's Choice (1996)
• Freedom's Challenge (1998)
• Freedom's Ransom (2002)

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[?]

Other

• Restoree (1967)
• The Mark of Merlin (1971)
• The Kilternan Legacy (1975)
• The Coelura (1983)
• Stitch in Snow (1985)
• The Year of the Lucy (1986)
• The Lady (1987)
• 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)
• Nimisha's Ship (1998)