A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
Anne McCaffrey Quotes
People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?
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| Birth: | 1st April, 1926 |
| Death: | 21st November, 2011 |
| Nationality: | American, Irish |
| Profession: | Writer |
About
Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was an American-born Irish writer, best known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction 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. In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006.
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