Elizabeth Moon
Susan Elizabeth Norris Moon (born March 7, 1945 in McAllen , Texas ) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.
Life
Elizabeth Moon was born in McAllen, a town near the Mexican border. She received a BA in History from Rice University in 1968 . Between 1968 and 1971 she was with the United States Marine Corps , where she claims to have dealt with computers, and achieved the rank of First Lieutenant there . After completing her military service, she went on to study and obtained a BA in biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 .
She has been married to Richard Sloan Moon since 1969, a fellow student from Rice University and later an army officer. The two moved to a small town north of Austin in 1979 and still live there today. Their son Michael, who suffers from autism, was born there in 1983 .
Works (selection)
Elizabeth Moon wrote her first stories and poems as a young child. But she didn't really start writing until she was in her mid-thirties. Her first sold short stories, "Bargains" and "ABCs in Zero-G", were published in 1986. Her first novel Sheepfarmer's Daughter , the start of a fantasy trilogy, came out in 1988. For this debut she was honored in 1989 by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society with the Compton Crook Award . Internationally, she achieved her first reputation with the 1997 Hugo Award nominated novel Remnant Population (German: The Last Settler ). The final international breakthrough came in 2004 when he won the Nebula Award for her novel The Speed of Dark (German: The speed of darkness ), a gambling in the near future story, told from the viewpoint of an autistic computer programmer's to to it by the Her son's illness was inspired. In 2007 she received the Robert A. Heinlein Award (together with Anne McCaffrey ) for her work.
Novels
Legend of Paksenarrion
- The Deed of Paksenarrion
- 1988 The Sheepfarmer's Daughter
- 1988 Divided Allegiance
- 1989 Oath of Gold
- The Legacy of Gird
- 1990 Surrender None
- 1992 Liar's Oath
- Paladin's Legacy
- 2010 Oath of Fealty
- 2011 Kings of the North
- 2012 Echoes of Betrayal
- 2013 Limits of Power
- 2014 Crown of Renewal
The Serrano Legacy
- 1993 Hunting Party
- 1994 Sporting Chance
- 1995 Winning Colors , also: Winning Colors
- 1997 Once a Hero (German: Heldin against Will, Bastei-Lübbe, 2002) ISBN 3-404-24297-1
- 1998 Rules of Engagement (German: Waffenschwestern, Bastei-Lübbe) 2002, ISBN 3-404-23251-8
- 1999 Change of Command (German: Wachablösung, Bastei-Lübbe, 2003) ISBN 3-404-23260-7
- 2000 Against the Odds (German: Against every chance, Bastei-Lübbe, 2003) ISBN 3-404-23267-4
The planet pirates
- 1990 Volume 1 Sassinak with Anne McCaffrey (German: Sassinak , Heyne, 2001) ISBN 3-453-17943-9
- 1991 Volume 3 Generation Warriors with Anne McCaffrey (German: Das Generationenschiff , Heyne, 2001) ISBN 3-453-17952-8
Vatta's War
- 2003 Trading in Danger
- 2004 Marque and Reprisal , also: Moving Target
- 2006 Engaging the Enemy
- 2007 Command Decision
- 2008 Victory Conditions
Vatta's Peace
- 2017 Cold welcome
- 2018 Into the Fire
Single novels
- 1996 Remnant Population (German: Die last Siedlerin , Bastei-Lübbe, 1998) ISBN 3-404-24242-4
- 2002 The Speed of Dark (German: The Speed of Dark , dtv, 2007) ISBN 3-423-24598-0
Short stories (selection)
- 1986 "Sweet Dreams, Sweet Nothings"
- 1991 "The Perfect Hero"
- 1991 "Clara's Cat"
- 1994 "Creative Criticism"
- 1995 "And Ladies of the Club"
- 1995 "Hand to Hand"
- 1996 "Accidents Don't Just Happen - They're Caused"
- 1998 "No Pain, No Gain"
- 1998 "The Last Battle"
- 1998 "Tradition"
- 1998 "My Princess"
- 1999 "Fool's Gold"
- 2000 "Sweet Charity"
Web links
- Literature by and about Elizabeth Moon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Elizabeth Moon in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Elizabeth Moon in Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
- Works by and about Elizabeth Moon at Open Library
- Elizabeth Moon's official website
Individual evidence
- ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Robert A. Heinlein Award. In: archive.org. Locus Publications, 2007, archived from the original on July 6, 2008 ; accessed on November 21, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Moon, Elizabeth |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Norris Moon, Susan Elizabeth (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American SF and fantasy writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1945 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | McAllen (Texas) |