Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction

Lifespan: (April 1, 1926 - Present)

Interesting & Unique Facts: McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1968, McCaffrey's short story "Weyr Search", the initial story in the Dragonriders of Pern series, won a Hugo Award for Best Novella. McCaffrey thus became the first woman to win a Hugo for fiction.

At the 2005 Nebula Award ceremonies, McCaffrey was named the 22nd Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America organization. In 2006 she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

McCaffrey currently lives in a house of her own design in County Wicklow, Ireland, and calls her home Dragonhold-Underhill.

Pern Series Reading Orders

Author's work in order (with publication dates):

Pern Universe

• Dragonriders of Pern Trilogy
  • Dragonflight (1968)
  • Dragonquest (1970)
  • The White Dragon (1978)

• The Harper Hall Trilogy
  • Dragonsong (1976)
    
  • Dragonsinger (1977)
    
  • Dragondrums (1979)
    
• Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983)
• Nerilka's Story (1986)
• Dragonsdawn (1988)
• The Renegades of Pern (1989)
• All the Weyrs of Pern (1991)
• The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (1985) [a collection of short stories]
• The Dolphins of Pern (1994)
• Dragonseye (1997) [ also published as Red Star Rising]
• Masterharper of Pern (1998)
• Skies of Pern (2001)
• Dragon's Kin (2003) [with her son Todd McCaffrey]
• Dragonsblood (2005) [written by Todd McCaffrey]
• Dragon's Fire (July 2006) [with her son Todd McCaffrey]
• Dragon Harper (2007) [written by Todd McCaffrey]
• Dragonheart (2008) [written by Todd McCaffrey]
• After the Fall (forthcoming)
• Dragongirl (forthcoming) [written by Todd McCaffrey]
  
• A Gift of Dragons (2002) [a collection of short stories]
• Atlas of Pern (1994) [includes maps of pern]
• Dragonlover's Guide to Pern (1997) [includes character information and history of pern]

Acorna Series

• Acorna the Unicorn Girl (1997) [with Margaret Bell]
  
• Acorna's Quest (1998) [with Margaret Bell]
  
• Acorna's People (1997) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
• Acorna's World (1999) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
• Acorna's Search (2002) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
• Acorna's Rebels (2003) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
• Acorna's Triumph (2004) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]

Acorna's Children Series

• First Warning (2005) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
• Second Wave (2006) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
• Third Watch (2007) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]

The Brain & Brawn Ship Series

• The Ship who Sang (1969)
• PartnerShip (1992) [with Margaret Bell]
  
• The Ship who Searched (1992) [with Mercedes Lackey]
• The City who Fought (1993) [with S.M. Stirling]
  
• The Ship who Won (1994) [with Jody Lynn Nye]
  

• This series also includes solo entries by Stirling and Nye
  
  • The Ship Errant (1996) by Jody Lynn Nye
    
  • The Ship Avenged (1997) by S.M. Stirling
    

The Catteni Series (Freedom Series)

• Freedom's Landing (1995)
• Freedom's Choice (1996) [also published as Catteni's Choice]
• Freedom's Challenge (1998)
• Freedom's Ransom (2002)

Coelura Series

• The Coelura (1983)
• Nimisha's Ship (1998)
  

The Crystal Singer Series

• Crystal Singer (1982)
  
• Killashandra (1986)
  
• Crystal Line (1992)
  

Series Note: [The Dinosaur Planet & Planet Pirates Series are in the same universe and share certain characters. Events of Dinosaur Planet overlap with the final chapters of The Death of Sleep, as does Dinosaur Planet Survivors with Sassinak. Generation Warriors continues and concludes the story lines of both series.]

Dinosaur Planet Series

• Dinosaur Planet Survivors (1978)
  
• Dinosaur Planet (1984)
  

The Planet Pirates Trilogy

• Sassinak (1990) [with Elizabeth Moon]
  
• The Death of Sleep (1990) [with Jody Lynn Nye]
  
• Generation Warriors (1991) [with Elizabeth Moon]
  

Doona Series

• Decision at Doona (1969)
  
• Crisis at Doona (1992) [with Jody Lynn Nye]
  
• Treaty at Doona (1994) [with Jody Lynn Nye also published as Treaty Planet]

Petaybee Series

• Power Play (1993) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
• Powers that Be (1994) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
• Power Lines (1995) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]

The Twins of Petaybee Series

• Changelings (2005) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
  
• Maelstrom (2006) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
  
• Deluge (2008) [with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough]
  

Romance Novels

• Ring of Fear (1971)
  
• The Kilternan Legacy (1975)
  
• Stitch in Snow (1985)
  
• The Year of the Lucy (1986)
  
• The Lady (1987) [also published as The Carradyne Touch]
• The Mark of Merlin (1971)
  

Non-Series Novels

• Restoree (1967)
  
• No One Noticed the Cat (1996)
  
• A Diversity of Dragons (1997) [with Richard Woods]
  
• Black Horses for the King (1998)
  
• If Wishes Were Horses (1998)
  

Talent Universe

Series Note: [This universe involves a society built around the talents of telepathic and/or telekinetic individuals who become integral to the connectivity of interstellar society.]

Pegasus Series

• To Ride Pegasus (1973) [a collection of short stories]
  
• Pegasus in Flight (1990)
  
• Pagasus in Space (2000)
  

Tower and Hive Series

• The Rowman (1990) [also published as A Meeting of the Minds]
• Damia (1991)
  
• Damia's Children (1993)
  
• Lyon's Pride (1994)
  
• The Tower and the Hive (1999)