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Anne McCaffrey Biography

Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-born writer who emigrated to Ireland and was best known for the Dragonriders of Pern fantasy series. Early in McCaffrey's 46-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 Best Seller list.

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Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.

Dragons, Sky, Space, Perching, Rim, Available

How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?

Art, Believed, Life, Suitable, Theatre

I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!

Finish, Mean, Night, Up All Night

How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can

Carry, Dragon, Dragons, Thinking, Thinks

Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.

Abuse, Annoyed, Part, Sell, Unsubscribe, Writing

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims

Mostly, People, Telling, Victim, Victims

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

Engineering, Real, Science, Scientist, Unsolvable, Wails

The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.

Dawn, Dispel, Dreamer, Fear, Light, Night

I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well

Availability, Fans, Internet, Line, Thinking

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens

Book, Comfort, Happens, Read, Shelf, World

Your music can be played easily and well by any half-stringed harper or fumble-fingered idiot. Not that I'm maligning your songs. It's just that they're an entirely different kettle of fish-to use a seamanly metaphor-to Domick's. Don't you judge your songs against his standard! More people have already listened to your melodies and liked them than will ever hear Domick's, much less like them.

Music, Song, People, Listened, Different, Harper

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff

Good, Ireland, Pension, Stuff

I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel

Careful, Form, Plenty, Short, Stories, Writing

That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.

Career, Careers, House, Packin, Story, Thrill

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept

Book, Books, Mood, Needs, Reread, Unless

I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale

Dealing, Minutiae, Needs, Thinking, View, Views

What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.

Cat, Dog, Fits, Horse, Used, Writing

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway

Raises, Happened, Todd, Raise, Writer

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

Children, Writing, School, Novels, Child, Fulltime

Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day

Another Day, Live, Moment, Moments, Step, Steps

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