Elizabeth Moon
Forfatter af The Speed of Dark
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Elizabeth Moon was born March 7, 1945, and grew up in McAllen, Texas, graduating from McAllen High School in 1963. She has a B.A. in History from Rice University (1968) and another in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin (1975) with graduate work in Biology at the University of Texas, San vis mere Antonio. She served in the USMC from 1968 to 1971, first at MCB Quantico and then at HQMC. She married Richard Moon, a Rice classmate and Army officer, in 1969; they moved to the small central Texas town where they still live in 1979. They have one son, born in 1983. (Publisher Fact Sheets) Elizabeth Moon was born on March 7, 1945 in Texas. She received a B.A. in history from Rice University in 1968 and a B.S. in biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 with graduate work in biology at the University of Texas, San Antonio. She served in the United States Marine Corps from 1968 to 1971. In the early 1980s, she wrote the Florence News column for the county weekly newspaper. She is a science fiction and fantasy author. In 1986, she published her first science fiction story in the monthly magazine Analog and the anthology series Sword and Sorceress. Her first novel, The Sheepfarmer's Daughter, was published in 1988 and won the Compton Crook Award in 1989. Her other works include Remnant Population, Oath of Fealty, Kings of the North, and Echoes of Betrayal. She has won several awards including the Nebula Award for Best Novel for The Speed of Dark in 2003 and the Heinlein Award in 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Serier
Værker af Elizabeth Moon
Point of Honor 6 eksemplarer
If Nudity Offends You 3 eksemplarer
Hand to Hand [short story] 3 eksemplarer
Victory Conditions 3 eksemplarer
Trading in Danger [Dramatized Adaptation]: Vatta's War 1 2 eksemplarer
Engaging the Enemy (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] 2 eksemplarer
Command Decision (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] 2 eksemplarer
Chameleons 2 eksemplarer
Gifts 2 eksemplarer
Accidents Don't Just Happen—They're Caused 2 eksemplarer
Welcome To Wheel Days 2 eksemplarer
Sweet Charity 2 eksemplarer
Fool's Gold 2 eksemplarer
Cross Purposes 2 eksemplarer
And Ladies of the Club 2 eksemplarer
Judgment 2 eksemplarer
No Pain, No Gain 2 eksemplarer
The Perfect Hero {short story} 1 eksemplar
Tradition 1 eksemplar
Gravesite Revisited 1 eksemplar
Say Cheese 1 eksemplar
Combat Shopping [novella] 1 eksemplar
First Blood 1 eksemplar
History, Theory, Text - own notes 1 eksemplar
Oath of Cold 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The New Space Opera 2: All-New Stories of Science Fiction Adventure (2009) — Bidragyder — 322 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1989, Vol. 77, No. 1 (1989) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Moon, Susan Elizabeth Norris
- Fødselsdato
- 1945-03-07
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- McAllen, Texas, USA
- Bopæl
- Austin, Texas, USA
Florence, Texas, USA - Uddannelse
- Rice University (BA ∙ History ∙ 1968)
University of Texas at Austin (BA ∙ Biology ∙ 1975)
University of Texas at San Antonio (Biology) - Erhverv
- science fiction writer
paramedic
Marine Corps officer - Organisationer
- United States Marine Corps (computer specialist, 1st lieutenant, 1968-1971)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Robert A. Heinlein Award (2007)
- Agent
- Joshua Bilmes
[UK & Commonwealth] John Berlyne (Zeno Agency)
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