Anne McCaffrey

Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series.

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April 1 - 1926 - Science fiction - Author - Dragonriders of Pern

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Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to George Herbert McCaffrey and Anne Dorothy McElroy. She received her B.A. in Slavonic Languages and Literature at Radcliffe College in 1947. She married in 1950 and has three children: Alec Anthony, born in 1952, Todd, born in 1956, and Georgeanne, born in 1959. She was divorced in 1970, after which she emigrated to Ireland.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Radcliffe College - Todd

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In 1968 McCaffrey's short story "Weyr Search", the initial story in the Dragonriders of Pern series, won a Hugo Award for Best Novella. It was the first time a woman had won a Hugo for fiction.

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1968 - Dragonriders of Pern - Hugo Award - Novella

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At the 2005 Nebula Award ceremonies, Ms McCaffrey will be named the 22nd Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America organization.

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2005 - Nebula Award - Grand Master - Science Fiction Writers of America

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She currently lives in County Wicklow, Ireland.

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