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Anne McCaffrey (Anne Inez McCaffrey) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 1, 1926. She attended Radcliffe College, receiving a BA in 1947. She has three children, Alec (1952); Georgeanne (1959); and Todd (1956), with whom she has collaborated on a number of books.

Her first story, published in 1953, was "Freedom of the Race," which appeared in the magazine Science Fiction Plus. Her first novel, Restoree, was published in 1967.

Her fiction combines adventure, romance, and fantasy, with fast-moving plots, likeable characters, and easy-to-read prose…