Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction

Lifespan: (November 2, 1949 - Present)

Interesting & Unique Facts: Bujold is a voracious reader. Her reading began with a passion for horse stories in grade school. She began reading adult science fiction when she was nine, a taste picked up from her father.

Bujold is best known for her series of novels featuring Miles Vorkosigan, a physically-impaired interstellar spy and mercenary admiral from the planet Barrayar, set approximately 1000 years in our future. Bujold has stated that the Miles Naismith Vorkosigan series structure is modeled after the Horatio Hornblower books documenting the life of a single person.

Bujold has also written two fantasy series, including the Chalion Universe series and The Sharing Knife series.

Bujold is tied with Robert Heinlein for winning the most Hugo Awards for best novel--a total of four. They are: The Vor Game, Barrayar , Mirror Dance, and Paladin of Souls.

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

Chalion Universe

• The Curse of Chalion (2001)
• Paladin of Souls (2003)
• The Hallowed Hunt (2005)

The Sharing Knife

• Beguilement (2006)
• Legacy (2007)
• Passage (2008)
• Horizon (2009)
  

The Vorkosigan Saga

• Falling Free (1988)
• Shards of Honor (1986)
• Barrayar (1991)
• Warrior's Apprentice (1986)
• Mountains of Mourning (1989)
• Vor Game (1990)
• Cetaganda (1995)
• Ethan of Athos (1986)
• Labyrinth (1989)
• Borders of Infinity [Borders of Infinity, Mountains of Mourning, & Labyrinth with frame story] (1989)
• Brothers in Arms (1989)
• Mirror Dance (1994)
• Memory (1996)
• Komarr (1998)
• A Civil Campaign (2000)
• Diplomatic Immunity (2002)

Non-Series

• The Sprit Ring (1992)

Omnibus volumes of the Vorkosigan Saga:

• Cordelia's Honor (contains Shards of Honor, Barrayar)
• Young Miles (contains The Warrior's Apprentice, "The Mountains of Mourning", The Vor Game)
• Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem (contains Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos, "Labyrinth")
• Miles Errant (contains "The Borders of Infinity", Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance)
• Miles, Mutants and Microbes (contains Falling Free, Diplomatic Immunity, "Labyrinth")
• Miles in Love (contains Komarr, A Civil Campaign, "Winterfair Gifts")