Todd J. McCaffrey (born as Todd Johnson) is an Irish American author of science fiction best known for continuing the Dragonriders of Pern series in collaboration with his mother Anne McCaffrey. Todd Johnson was born 27 April 1956 in Montclair, New Jersey as the second son and middle child of Horace Wright Johnson (deceased 2009), who worked for DuPont, and Anne McCaffrey (deceased 2011), who had her second short story published that year. He has two siblings: Alec Anthony, born 1952, and Georgeanne ("Gigi", Georgeanne Kennedy), born 1959. Except for a six-month DuPont transfer to Dusseldorf, Germany, the family lived most of a decade in Wilmington, Delaware, until a 1965 transfer to New York City when they moved to Sea Cliff, Long Island. All three children were then in school and Anne McCaffrey became a full-time author, primarily writing science fiction. About that time, Todd became the first of the children to read science fiction, the Space Cat series by Ruthven Todd. He attended his first science fiction convention in 1968, Lunacon in New York City. Soon after the move, Todd was directed to lower his voice as an actor in the fourth-grade school play, with his mother in the auditorium. That was the inspiration for Decision at Doona (1969) which she dedicated "To Todd Johnson—of course!" The story is set on "an overcrowded planet where just talking too loud made you a social outcast". Anne McCaffrey divorced in 1970 and emigrated to Ireland with her two younger children, soon joined by her mother. During Todd's school years the family moved several times in the vicinity of Dublin and struggled to make ends meet, supported largely by child care payments and meager royalties. Todd finished secondary education in Ireland and returned to the United States in 1974 for a summer job before matriculation at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. He studied engineering physics and discovered computers but remained only one year. Back in Dublin he earned a Mechanical Engineering degree at the College of Technology (Bolton Street). Later he earned a Politics degree at Trinity College, Dublin. Before Trinity College, Todd Johnson served in the United States Army 1978–82, stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, and determining to pursue civilian life. After Trinity he returned to the US hoping to work in the aerospace industry but found employment in computer programming beginning 1986. He earned a pilot's license in 1988 and spent a lot of time flying, including solo trips across North America in 1989 and 1990. Meanwhile he sold his first writings and contributed "Training and Fighting Dragons" to the 1989 Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, using his military and flight experience. Next year he quit his job to write full-time and in 1992 he attended the Clarion Workshop for new science fiction and fantasy writers. Writing under the name Todd Johnson until 1997/98 he specialized in military science fiction, contributing one story each to several collective works As a boy, Todd accompanied his mother to her meetings with writers, editors, publishers, and agents; and had attended conventions from age 12. He was exposed to Pern before its beginning: soon after the move to Long Island when he was nine, his mother asked him what he thought of dragons; she was brainstorming about their "bad press all these years". The result was a "technologically regressed survival planet" whose people were united against a threat from space, in contrast to America divided by the Vietnam War. "The dragons became the biologically renewable air force." About thirty years later, Todd McCaffrey recalls, "the editor at Del Rey asked me to write a "sort of scrapbook" about Mum partly to prevent Mum from writing her autobiography instead of more Pern books. That was Dragonholder [1999]. The editor had also pitched it to me that someone ought to continue Mum's legacy when she was no longer able. At the time I had misgivings and no stor

Also publishes under J.B.B. Winner The Winner Twins, Brittany and Brianna, are national bestselling, multiple-award-winning novelists, and Pinnacle award-winning teachers. They became America's Youngest National Best Selling at age thirteen with her award-winning debut novel, The Strand Prophecy. They have been writing, working comic conventions, and teaching for many years. Recognized prodigies by the World's Council for The Gifted and Talented, the twins went on to found a nonprofit called Motivate 2 Learn and teach their award-winning writing methods as staff members of UCLA. Together they just announced the creation of McCaffrey-Winner, a writing team consisting of the two of them and New York Times bestselling author Todd McCaffrey is known for his work in The Dragonriders of Pern®, a science fiction classic. Brianna also released Millennial Madness, her first solo book and book of poetry released.

Brianna Winner is a national bestselling, award-winning author and one-half of the Winner Twins. Writing primarily with her identical twin sister, Brittany, the two became America’s youngest national bestselling authors at age thirteen. She has been recognized as prodigies by the World’s Council for The Gifted and Talented. Now an adult, she has released over a dozen books, primarily writing science fiction and fantasy. Recently, Brianna released her first solo work, a book of free verse poetry, Millennial Madness. She and her sister have a 501(c)3 nonprofit, Motivate 2 Learn, and teach their award-winning writing methods as staff members at UCLA extension, as well as many other schools, conventions, and universities internationally, and have taught their writing method to hundreds of thousands of students internationally. The twins have become a are a staple of comic conventions nationally, having worked over almost 200 conventions. They can be found every year at the San Diego Comic-Con where they signed for the last 10 years. In combination with New York Times bestselling author Todd McCaffrey, who is known for his work in The Dragonriders of Pern® series with over a million books in print. They have created the pen name McCaffrey-Winner and the fantasy steampunk Twin Soul Series, with books currently available, with a new book coming out every month for the next two years. Brianna is excited to continue expanding her work into different genres. Her next poetry book, The Insomnia Formula, will be released this fall.