Three old space prospectors rear a small, alien unicorn child.
Anne McCaffrey was one of the world's leading science-fiction
writers, and won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as the
Margaret A. Edwards' Lifetime Literary Achievement Award. She was
deeply honoured to have been made a Grand Master of Science Fiction
in 2005, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in
2006. Born and raised in the US and of Irish extraction, she moved
to Ireland in 1970 where she lived in the 'Garden of Ireland',
County Wicklow, until her death in 2011 at the age of eighty-five.
She is the creator of the Dragonriders of Pern series. Her website
is www.pernhome.com.
Margaret Ball lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, children and
pets.She has a BA in mathematics and a PhD in linguistics from the
University of Texas.After graduation, she taught at UCLA, then
spent several years honing her science fiction and fantasy skills
by designing computer software and making inflated promises about
its capabilities.Her books include Lost in Translation and
Mathemagics. When not writing, she plays the flute, makes quilts,
and feeds the pets.
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