Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.
In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006. She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007.
Books
- The Dolphins' Bell 1993
- The tower and the hive 1999
- Black Horses for the King 1996
- Partnership 1992
- Decision at Doona 1975
- The Coelura 1983
- Freedom's Choice 1997
- ALCHEMY & ACADEME 1970
- Acorna's World 2000
- Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold 1994
- Exchange of Gifts 1995
- Prentice Hall Literature--Silver 1991
- Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder 1993
- A Gift of Dragons 2002
- Get Off the Unicorn 1982
- Rescue run 1991
- Acorna's People 1999
- Anne McCaffrey Pern Collection 2002
- Acorna's rebels 2003
- Dragonflight Graphic Novel 1993
- Stitch in Snow 1985
- The Mark of Merlin 1977
- Ring of fear 1971
- The book of freedoms 1998