Elizabeth Moon

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Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She lives in Florence, Texas (about 40 miles (70 km) northeast of Austin).

She attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant during active service with the US Marine Corps, which she joined in 1968 having obtained a Bachelor's degree in History from Rice University. Later she additionally obtained a B.A. in Biology. She is also an experienced paramedic.

Moon started writing when she was a child and attempted her first book which was about her dog at age 6. Because of this she was inspired to write creatively and began writing science fiction in her teens (while still considering it a sideline). She first got serious about writing in her mid-thirties and had a newspaper column in a county weekly newspaper. Her first novel was The Sheepfarmer's Daughter which won the Compton Crook Award. Most of her writings contain military science fiction themes, though biology, politics and personal relationship issues also feature strongly. The Serrano Legacy is a space opera. The Speed of Dark is a near-future story told from the viewpoint of an autistic computer programmer, inspired by her own autistic son Michael.

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[edit] Awards

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] The Deed of Paksenarrion

While a number of people have claimed this is a D&D inspired novel (notably because of elements, such as a monster that shows up no where else in the English language but the D&D rules), Elizabeth Moon now claims it has nothing to do with FRPG games and had no inspiration from that venue.

She notes that she can not write fantasy without long periods of uninterrupted time and that she does not expect to return to writing fantasy until her son is able to live independently.

“Those Who Walk in Darkness” (1990-03-01) – short story set during Oath of Gold, included in the collections Lunar Activity and Phases
The Deed of Paksenarrion (1992-02-01) – omnibus edition
The Deed of Paksenarrion (2003-10-01) – hardcover omnibus

[edit] The Legacy of Gird
  • Surrender None (1990-06-01) – prequel to The Deed of Paksenarrion
  • Liar's Oath (1992-05-01) – sequel to Surrender None
The Legacy of Gird (1996-09-01) – omnibus edition

[edit] Familias Regnant universe

Heris Serrano (2002-07-30) – omnibus edition

[edit] Vatta's War

There will be another two books in this series. Command Decision in February 2007 and a yet untitled final chapter.

[edit] The Planet Pirates trilogy

The Planet Pirates is based on two books by Anne McCaffrey, Dinosaur Planet and Dinosaur Planet Survivors, which also form the core of The Death of Sleep.
The Planet Pirates (1993-10-01) – omnibus edition, McCaffrey, Moon, & Nye

[edit] Other novels

[edit] Collections

Elizabeth Moon’s list of her own short fiction

  • Lunar Activity (1990-03-01) – Ten short stories
  • Phases (1997-12-01) – Eight stories from Lunar Activity, and others previously uncollected.
both include “Those Who Walk in Darkness” – a Paksenarrion short story

[edit] Interviews

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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