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 Year of the Lucy 1986
- Freedom's challenge 1998

- Acorna's search 2001

- Visions of Fantasy 1989
- Science Fiction A to Z 1982

- Second Wave 2006

- First Warning 2005

- The Hugo Winners, Volumes one and two 1962

- Scary! 2 2002

- Brain Ships (PartnerShip & The Ship Who Searched) 1998
- Dragongirl 2010
- Nimisha's Ship 1993
- Powers That Be 1993

- Crisis on Doona 1992
- Acorna's triumph 2004
- The Crystal Singer Omnibus 1996
- Dragonholder 1999
- Dragon Tales 1982

- Freedom's ransom 2002
- Generation warriors 1991
- Treaty Planet 1994