Fantasy novelist Anne McCaffrey (85)

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Fantasy novelist Anne McCaffrey has passed away. She was 85 years old. GalleyCat confirmed the sad news with Random House this afternoon. McCaffrey?s career began with Restoree in 1967. She went on to earn a dedicated following for her beloved series, Dragonriders of Pern. At her website, McCaffrey answered letters from dedicated fans through November. This GalleyCat editor will never forget reading her books as a middle-school kid.



You can read her complete biography at her site. An excerpt: ?Her first novel, Restoree, was written as a protest against the absurd and unrealistic portrayals of women in s-f novels in the 50s and early 60s. It is, however, in the handling of broader themes and the worlds of her imagination, particularly the two series The Ship Who Sang and the fourteen novels about the Dragonriders of Pern that Ms. McCaffrey?s talents as a story-teller are best displayed.?
On her blog, she offered this advice for aspiring writers: ?First ? keep reading. Writers are readers. Writers are also people who can?t not write. Second, follow Heinlein?s rules for getting published: 1. Write it. 2. Finish it. 3. Send it out. 4. Keep sending it out until someone sends you a check. There are variations on that, but that?s basically what works.?

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I have been a fan of hers, and yet had no idea she was that old. She made an incredible world with Pern.

Thank you Anne, may your magic live on.