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Anne Inez McCaffrey (1926–2011) was an American-born Irish writer, best known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. Early in McCaffrey’s forty-six-year career as a writer, she became the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction and the first to win a Nebula Award. Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science fiction books to appear on the New York Times bestseller list. In 1999, she was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award, honoring her lifetime contribution to writing for teens. In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its twenty-second Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Series

Doona


A Science Fiction series (1967 - 1994) co-authored by Jody Lynn Nye

Dragonriders of Pern


A Fantasy series (1968 - 2012) co-authored by Todd J. McCaffrey

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Telepathic dragon bonds shaping lives and a planet's survival
  • Girls and outcasts overturning rigid traditions
  • Music-soaked fantasy with harpers, healing, and hidden gifts

The Talents Saga


A Science Fiction series (1973 - 2000)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Psychic outcasts battling fear and prejudice
  • Telepaths with crowd-shaping power
  • Crumbling sci-fi societies built on gifted survivors

Mystery of Ireta


A Science Fiction series (1978 - 1984)

Crystal Singer Trilogy


A Science Fiction series (1982 - 1992)

Tower and Hive


A Science Fiction series (1977 - 1999)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Spacefaring psychics carrying impossible responsibility
  • Lonely gifted outcasts chasing connection across the stars
  • First contact driven by communication and brutal choices

Planet Pirates


A Science Fiction series (1990 - 1991) co-authored by Elizabeth Moon, Jody Lynn Nye

Petaybee Trilogy


A Science Fiction series (1993 - 1995) co-authored by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

The Catteni Sequence


A Science Fiction series (1995 - 2002)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Colonist survival on hostile alien worlds
  • Human rebellions against alien overlords
  • Former enemies forced into uneasy alliances

Acorna


A Science Fiction series (1997 - 2007) co-authored by Margaret Ball, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Unicorn heroines in space fantasy
  • Inherited destinies and family-shadow heroines
  • Galaxy-spanning quests against plagues invasions and time

Twins of Petaybee


A Science Fiction series (2005 - 2008) co-authored by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Sentient worlds with buried motives
  • Telepathic shape-shifting siblings
  • Animal alliances defending a threatened homeworld

A Tale of Barque Cats


A Science Fiction series (2009 - 2010) co-authored by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Telepathic space cats steering the action
  • Human-feline crews under survival-level pressure
  • Feline intrigue with royal grudges and hidden motives

Standalone Fiction

Children & Middle Grade Books

Little Stacks of Science Fiction

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