Anne McCaffrey was born on April 1st, 1926, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her parents were George Herbert McCaffrey, BA, MA PhD (Harvard), Colonel USA Army (retired), and Anne Dorothy McElroy McCaffrey, estate agent. She had two brothers: Hugh McCaffrey (deceased 1988), Major US Army, and Kevin Richard McCaffrey, still living. Anne was educated at Stuart Hall in Staunton Virginia, Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey, and graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College, majoring in Slavonic Languages and Literatures. Her working career included Liberty Music Shops and Helena Rubinstein (1947-1952). She married in 1950 and had three children: Alec Anthony, b. 1952, Todd, b.1956, and Georgeanne, b.1959. Anne McCaffrey’s first story was published by Sam Moskowitz in Science Fiction + Magazine and her first novel was published by Ballantine Books in 1967. By the time the three children of her marriage were comfortably in school most of the day, she had already achieved enough success with short stories to devote full time to writing. Her first novel, Restoree, was written as a protest against the absurd and unrealistic portrayals of women in s-f novels in the 50s and early 60s. It is, however, in the handling of broader themes and the worlds of her imagination, particularly the two series The Ship Who Sang and the fourteen novels about the Dragonriders of Pern that Ms. McCaffrey’s talents as a story-teller are best displayed. She died at the age of 85, after suffering a massive stroke on 21 November 2011. Obituaries: Locus, GalleyCat.
Series
Books
Lyon's Pride
1994
Wings of Fire
2010
Nimisha's Ship
1998
Power Lines
1994
Crystal Singer
1982
Catalyst
A Tale of the Barque Cats
2009
Catacombs
A Tale of the Barque Cats
2010
All the Weyrs of Pern
1991
Serve it Forth
Cooking With Anne McCaffrey
1996
Dragonseye
1996
Killashandra
1985
Third Watch
Acorna's Children
2007
Dragon's Fire
2006
Stitch in Snow
1984
Crisis on Doona
1992
First Warning
Acorna's Children
2005
If Wishes Were Horses
1998
Power Play
1995
The Mystery of Ireta
Dinosaur Planet & Dinosaur Planet Survivors
1978
Anne McCaffrey Freedom Collection
Freedom's Landing, Freedom's Challenge, Freedom's Choice
1998
After the Fall is Over
2025
The Death of Sleep
1990
The Planet Pirates
1993
Honeymoon
2015
The Chronicles of Pern
First Fall
1993
The Skies of Pern
2001
La Ballade de Pern, l'Intégrale Tome 2
2011
Dragonquest
1971
The Dolphins of Pern
1994
Dragon Riders of Pern Series, Set #3
1993
Dragonsinger
1977
The Coelura
1983
The Girl Who Heard Dragons
1985
La tour et la ruche
2025
The Petaybee Trilogy
1997
Acorna's World
2000
Treaty at Doona
1994
Freedom's Choice
1997
The Wings of Pegasus
To Ride Pegasus: Pegasus in Flight
1991
Dragonriders of Pern
1984
Acorna's Search
2001
Dinosaur Planet
1978
Damia
1991
Dragon's Kin
2003
Nerilka's Story & The Coelura
1987
Freedom's Ransom
2002
PartnerShip
1992
Cooking Out of This World
1973
Dinosaur Planet Survivors
1984
Dragon's Time
2011
The White Dragon
1978
To Ride Pegasus
1973
Doona
1994
The Rowan
1990
Dragonsong
1976
La Ballade de Pern, l’Intégrale Tome 1
1997
Black Horses for the King
1996
The Masterharper of Pern
1998
The Second Weyr
2023
The Lady
1987
The Kilternan Legacy
1975
Maelstrom
2006
Changelings
2005
The Ship Who Won
1993
Dragon Harper
2007
The Tower and the Hive
1999
The Best of the Nebulas
1989
Powers That Be
1966
The Ship That Returned
1999
The Girl Who Heard Dragons
1986
The Smallest Dragonboy
1973
Second Wave
Acorna's Children
2006
The Ship Who Sang
1969
Cats in Space and Other Places
1992
Dragonflight
1968
Acorna's People
1999
Decision at Doona
1969
Sky Dragons
2011
The Survey P.E.R.N.
2025
Sassinak
1990
Dragonrider
1967
Restoree
1967
The Dolphins' Bell
1993
The Renegades of Pern
1989
An Exchange of Gifts
1995
Damia's Children
1993
The City and The Ship
2004
Crystal Line
1992
Nerilka's Story
1986
Pegasus in Space
2000
On Dragonwings
Dragonsdawn / Dragonseye / Moreta
2003
Pegasus in Flight
1990
No One Noticed the Cat
1996
Deluge
2008
Three Women
1990
Ever the Twain
2023
Dragondrums
1979
Lightspeed
Year One
2011
The Book of Freedoms
1998
The Mark of Merlin
1971
Generation Warriors
1991
La Ballade de Pern, l'Intégrale Tome 3
1997
A Diversity of Dragons
1997
Acorna's Quest
1998
Le bond vers l'infini le vol de pegase t2
2000
La ballade de Pern - intégrale
2014
Dragonsdawn
1988
A Gift of Dragons
2002
Moreta
Dragonlady of Pern
1945
Rescue Run
1991
Acorna
The Unicorn Girl
1997
Beyond Between
2023
Freedom's Landing
1995
Ring of Fear
1971
A time when, being a tale of young Lord Jaxom, his white dragon, Ruth, and various fire-lizards
1975
The Year of the Lucy
1986
The City Who Fought
1993
Freedom's Challenge
1998
Acorna's Triumph
2004
