Elizabeth Moon
At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, Glasgow, August 2005
Born	March 7, 1945 (1945-03-07) (age 64) McAllen, Texas
Occupation	Novelist
Writing period	June 1, 1988 - Present
Genres	Military science fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy
Spouse(s)	Richard Sloan Moon (1969-present)
Official website

Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 3.1 Paksenarrion 3.1.1 The Deed of Paksenarrion Novels 3.1.2 The Legacy of Gird Novels 3.2 Familias Regnant universe 3.3 Vatta's War 3.4 The Planet Pirates Series 3.5 Other novels 3.6 Collections 4 Interviews 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Biography

Moon was born Susan Elizabeth Norris and grew up in McAllen, Texas. 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).^[2]

She earned a Bachelor's degree in History from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1968. She later earned a second B.A. degree in Biology. In 1968, she joined the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant while on active duty. She married Richard Sloan Moon in 1969 and they have a son, Michael, born in 1983.^[2]

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 Nebula Award-winning near-future story told from the viewpoint of an autistic computer programmer, inspired by her own autistic son Michael.

Elizabeth Moon has many interests outside of writing. She has a musical background, having played the accordion during her university days^[3] as well as singing in choirs.^[2][3]

Moon is also an experienced paramedic and has served in various capacities in local government.

[edit] Awards

• Sheepfarmers Daughter – 1989 Compton Crook Award (winner)
• Remnant Population – 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nomination)
• The Speed of Dark – 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novel (winner) – 2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nomination)

Moon was awarded the 2007 Robert A. Heinlein Award, which honors "outstanding published works in hard science fiction or technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space".^[4]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Paksenarrion

[edit] The Deed of Paksenarrion Novels

• Sheepfarmer's Daughter (June 1988)
• Divided Allegiance (October 1988)
• Oath of Gold (January 1989)

“Those Who Walk in Darkness” (March 1990) – short story set during Oath of Gold, included in the collections Lunar Activity and Phases

The Deed of Paksenarrion (February 1992) – omnibus edition

The Deed of Paksenarrion (October 2003) – hardcover omnibus

[edit] The Legacy of Gird Novels

• Surrender None (June 1990) – prequel to The Deed of Paksenarrion
• Liar's Oath (May 1992) – sequel to Surrender None

The Legacy of Gird (September 1996) – omnibus edition

[edit] Familias Regnant universe

• Heris Serrano trilogy
  • Hunting Party (July 1993)
  • Sporting Chance (September 1994)
  • Winning Colors (August 1995)

Heris Serrano (July 2002) – Baen omnibus edition

The Serrano Legacy: Omnibus One (December 2006) – Orbit GB omnibus

• Esmay Suiza continuation
  • Once a Hero (March 1997)
  • Rules of Engagement (December 1998)

The Serrano Connection: Omnibus Two (September 2007) – Orbit GB omnibus

The Serrano Connection (October 2008) – Baen omnibus edition

• Suiza and Serrano
  • Change of Command (December 1999)
  • Against the Odds (December 2000)

The Serrano Succession: Omnibus Three (February 2008) – Orbit GB omnibus

[edit] Vatta's War

• Trading in Danger (September 2003)
• Marque and Reprisal (September 2004) – Moving Target in the UK, New Zealand and Australia
• Engaging The Enemy (March 2006)
• Command Decision (February 2007)
• Victory Conditions (February 2008)

[edit] The Planet Pirates Series

The Planet Pirates is based on two books by Anne McCaffrey, Dinosaur Planet and Dinosaur Planet Survivors, (the two are also called The Mystery of Ireta) which also form the core of The Death of Sleep.

• Sassinak (March 1990) – Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon
• The Death of Sleep (June 1990) – Anne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye
• Generation Warriors (February 1991) – Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon
• The Planet Pirates (October 1993) – omnibus edition, McCaffrey, Moon, & Nye

[edit] Other novels

• Remnant Population (May 1996)
• The Speed of Dark (October 2002)

[edit] Collections

Elizabeth Moon’s list of her own short fiction

• Lunar Activity (ISBN 978-0-671-69870-6, March 1990) – Ten short stories
• Phases (ISBN 978-0-671-87855-9, December 1997) – Eight stories from Lunar Activity, and others previously uncollected.

both include “Those Who Walk in Darkness” – a Paksenarrion short story

• Moon Flights (hardcover ISBN 1-59780-109-7, paperback ISBN 978-1-59780-110-2, August 2008) – Fifteen stories, including an original "Vatta's War" story, with an introduction by Anne McCaffrey
  • The limited edition hardcover (ISBN 978-1-59780-108-9, September 2007) contains an additional rare bonus story entitled "Fencing In"

[edit] Interviews

• Christopher Dow, Elizabeth Moon's Path to the Stars, Rice University's alumni magazine, The Sallyport, accessed September 15, 2007

• Maja Branovacki (Lotesse), Interview on wotmania.com, August 18, 2006, accessed September 15, 2007

• Kurt Weller, Interview on Plaza of the Mind at Blogspot, March 30, 2007, accessed September 15, 2007

[edit] See also

• Women science fiction authors

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Elizabeth Moon's Home Page
• Elizabeth Moon's Paksworld blog
• Sheepfarmer's Daughter (HTML) from the Baen Free Library.
• Elizabeth Moon at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Night Shade Books publisher of Moon Flights
• GraphicAudio.net GraphicAudio Productions of Elizabeth Moon novels