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Anne McCaffrey
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Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) was an American and Irish writer, novelist, and children's author. Born Anne Inez McCaffrey in Cambridge, she was educated at Radcliffe College and Harvard University. Her career began in 1965, during which she wrote in the speculative fiction genre. She was a native English speaker and wrote primarily in English.
Her notable works include *Dragonriders of Pern* and *The Ship Who Sang*. McCaffrey received several awards, including the Margaret Edwards Award, the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award. She had one child, Todd McCaffrey. She died of a stroke in Newcastle in 2011 and was buried in Wicklow.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1 April 1926
- Died
- 21 November 2011
- Works
- 193
Top works
- Science fiction tales
- Nimisha's ship
- ha-Draḳon ha-lavan
- Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold
- Shirat ha-gevishim
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Key facts
- Born
- Anne Inez McCaffrey , ( 1926-04-01 ) 1 April 1926, Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- 21 November 2011 (2011-11-21) (aged 85), Dragonhold-Underhill, County Wicklow , Ireland
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- American & Irish (naturalised citizen)
- Period
- 1965–2011
- Genre
- Science fiction, romance
- Notable works
- Restoree , Dragonriders of Pern , The Ship Who Sang
- Spouse
- Horace Wright Johnson (divorced)
- Children
- 3, including Todd
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anne
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
- Place of death
- Newcastle
- Child
- Todd McCaffrey
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Dragonsdawn
- Genre
- speculative fiction
- Official website
- www.annemccaffrey.net
- Image
- Anne McCaffrey 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Anne McCaffrey
- date of birth
- 1926-04-01
- date of death
- 2011-11-21
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Anne Inez McCaffrey
- place of burial
- Wicklow
- name in native language
- Anne McCaffrey
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- end of work period
- 2011-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anne McCaffrey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.