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Anne McCaffrey
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![Anne McCaffrey in 2008](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Anne_McCaffrey_Dragon_Con_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Anne_McCaffrey_Dragon_Con_%28cropped%29.jpg) Anne McCaffrey in 2008
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Born
| Anne Inez McCaffrey
(
1926-04-01
)
1 April 1926
Cambridge, Massachusetts
, U.S.
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Died
| 21 November 2011
(2011-11-21)
(aged 85)
Dragonhold-Underhill,
County Wicklow
, Ireland
[1]
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Occupation
| Writer
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Nationality
| Irish (naturalised citizen)
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Period
| 1965?2011
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Genre
| Science fiction, romance
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Notable works
| Restoree
,
Dragonriders of Pern
,
The Ship Who Sang
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Spouse
| Horace Wright Johnson (divorced)
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Anne McCaffrey
(1 April 1926 ? 21 November 2011)
[2]
[3]
was an
American
writer of
fantasy
fiction. She is best known for her books about
dragons
, the Dragonriders of Pern. She was the first woman to win a
Hugo
and
Nebula Award
.
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