Anne McCaffrey

Born on April Fool's Day in 1926, Anne McCaffrey has built an ever-expanding fan base with each new book. Best known as the creator of Pern, she is a storyteller who creates broad, imaginative worlds while handling a variety of themes.

Her first novel was written as a protest against how women were portrayed in science fiction novels in the 50s and early 60s. Since then, her books have frequently hit the bestseller lists and she has one of the best-known names in the genre.

A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, she moved to Ireland in the 70s where she lives in a house that she designed-Dragonhold-Underhill.

Bibliography

Doona
Catteni
Decision at Doona
Freedom's Landing
Crisis on Doona (with Jody Lynn Nye)
Freedom's Choice
Treaty Planet (with Jody Lynn Nye)
Freedom's Challenge
Dragonriders of Pern
Acorna
Dragonflight
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (with Margaret Ball)
Dragonquest
Acorna's Quest (with Margaret Ball)
The White Dragon
Acorna's People (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
The People of Pern (with Robin Wood)
Acorna's World (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
DragonsEye
Acorna's Search (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
Dragon's Kin (with Todd McCaffrey)
Acorna's Rebels (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
Dragon's Fire (with Todd McCaffrey)
Acorna's Triumph (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
Pegasus
Acorna's Children (with Elizabth Ann Scarborough)
To Ride Pegasus
First Warning
Pegasus in Flight
Second Wave
Pegasus in Space
Twins of Petaybee (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
Renegades of Pern
Changelings
Get Off the Unicorn
Maelstrom
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Nerilka's Story: A Pern Adventure
Other
Dragonsdawn
Restoree
Renegades of Pern
The Mark of Merlin
All the Weyrs of Pern
Ring of Fear
Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
The Kilternan Legacy
The Dolphins of Pern
Coelura
The Dolphins' Bell
Stitch in Snow
The Masterharper of Pern
The Year of the Lucy
The Skies of Pern
The Lady: A Tale of Ireland
An Exchange of Gifts
Harper Hall
Black Horses for the King
No One Noticed the Cat
Dragonsinger
If Wishes Were Horses
Dragondrums
Nimisha's Ship
Mystery of Ireta
Collections
Dinosaur Planet
Future Love (with Jeffrey Carver, J. Hunter Holly)
Survivors
Habit is an Old Horse
The Girl Who Heard Dragons
Crystal Singer
A Gift of Dragons
The Crystal Singer
Killashandra
Brainship
Crystal Line
The Ship Who Sang
Partnership (with Margaret Ball)
Planet Pirates
The Ship Who Searched (with Mercedes Lackey)
Sassinak (with Elizabeth Moon)
The Ship Who Fought (with S.M. Stirling)
The Ship Who Won (with Jody Lynn Nye)
Generation Warriors (with Jody Lynn Nye)
The Ship Errant (with Jody Lynn Nye)
The Ship Avenged (with S.M. Stirling)
Tower and Hive
Brain Ships (with Margaret Ball, Mercedes Lackey)
The Rowan
The Ship Who Saved the Worlds (with Jody Lynn Nye)
Damia
The City and the Ship (with S.M. Stirling)
Damia's Children
Nonfiction
The Tower and the Hive
Cooking Out of This World
The Atlas of Pern (with Karen Fonstad)
Petaybee (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
A Diversity of Dragons
Powers that Be
Serve it Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey (with John Gregory Betancourt
Power Lines
Dragonholder: The Life and Dreams (so far) of Anne McCaffrey (with Todd McCaffrey)
Power Play

--B. Redman