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Anne McCaffrey


Born
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The United States
April 01, 1926

Died
November 21, 2011

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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.
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A Letter from Rick

Dear Ms. McCaffrey:


For many years I have enjoyed your books. I have lived among the dragons and the crystal – both in my mind and in reality – though your worlds have ways of making this world more bearable. Through your books you have been an inspiration for my continued writing efforts. While my s.f. has had few sale, many of my other writings have. I know this is just another fan letter amo

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Dragonflight (Dragonriders ...

4.08 avg rating — 139,004 ratings — published 1968 — 150 editions
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Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)

4.25 avg rating — 56,798 ratings — published 1976 — 94 editions
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Dragonquest (Dragonriders o...

4.10 avg rating — 50,897 ratings — published 1971 — 109 editions
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The White Dragon (The Drago...

4.19 avg rating — 48,540 ratings — published 1978
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Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2)

4.30 avg rating — 47,172 ratings — published 1977 — 76 editions
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Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9)

4.22 avg rating — 40,462 ratings — published 1988 — 22 editions
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Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3)

4.10 avg rating — 36,986 ratings — published 1979 — 74 editions
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The Dragonriders of Pern: B...

4.27 avg rating — 30,342 ratings — published 1988 — 27 editions
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4.03 avg rating — 29,109 ratings — published 1984 — 70 editions
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All the Weyrs of Pern (Pern...

4.22 avg rating — 26,348 ratings — published 1991 — 69 editions
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“The tears I feel today
I'll wait to shed tomorrow.
Though I'll not sleep this night
Nor find surcease from sorrow.
My eyes must keep their sight:
I dare not be tear-blinded.
I must be free to talk
Not choked with grief, clear-minded.
My mouth cannot betray
The anguish that I know.
Yes, I'll keep my tears til later:
But my grief will never go.”
Anne McCaffrey, Dragonsinger

“Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives.”
Anne McCaffrey

“A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.”
Anne McCaffrey