1952, Todd, b.1956, and Georgeanne, b.1959.Īnne McCaffrey’s first story was published by Sam Moskowitz in Science Fiction + Magazine and her first novel was published by Ballantine Books in 1967. She married in 1950 and had three children: Alec Anthony, b. Her working career included Liberty Music Shops and Helena Rubinstein (1947-1952). She had two brothers: Hugh McCaffrey (deceased 1988), Major US Army, and Kevin Richard McCaffrey, still living.Īnne was educated at Stuart Hall in Staunton Virginia, Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey, and graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College, majoring in Slavonic Languages and Literatures.
Her parents were George Herbert McCaffrey, BA, MA PhD (Harvard), Colonel USA Army (retired), and Anne Dorothy McElroy McCaffrey, estate agent. The Dragonriders of Pern series continues in Dragonsinger.Īnne McCaffrey was born on April 1st, 1926, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Suddenly Menolly was no longer alone - she was Mistress of Music and Ward of the dazzling fire dragons. When, suddenly, she came upon a group of fire lizards, wild and smaller relatives of the fire-breathing dragons, she let her music swirl around them and taught nine of them to sing. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a Harper, who thwarted her love of music. The great dragons of Pern hurl themselves through the beleagured skies, flaming tongues of fire to destroy deadly Thread and save the Planet.īut it was not Threadfall that made young Menolly unhappy. "Delightful reading, well written, and wonderful characters, and Dragons! Lots of Dragons! Bliss!" - ***** Reader review
"A real page turner" - ***** Reader review "Do yourself a favour and read ANYTHING by this Author, you won't be sorry" - ***** Reader review "Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants" - THE TIMES
If you like David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams, you will love this. A world of dragons and other worldly forces a world of mighty power and ominous threat. Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern.
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