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Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon 2005.JPG}} \| At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, Glasgow, August 2005, taken by Szymon Sokół
Born	March 7 1945 (1945-03-07) (age 63) McAllan, Texas
Occupation	Novelist
Writing period	June 1 1988 - Present
Genres	Military science fiction Science fiction Fantasy
Debut works	Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion)
Spouse	Richard Sloan Moon (1969-present)
Website	www.sff.net/people/Elizabeth.Moon

Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She was born Susan Elizabeth Norris and grew up in McAllen, Texas. She lives in Florence, Texas (about 40 miles northeast of Austin). She married Richard Sloan Moon in 1969 and they have a son, Michael, born in 1983.^[1]

1 Biography
2 Awards
3 Bibliography
4 Interviews
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Biography

She attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant during active service with the US Marine Corps, which she joined in 1968 having obtained a Bachelor's degree in History from Rice University. Later she additionally obtained a B.A. in Biology. She is also an experienced paramedic and has served in various capacities in local government. 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).^[1] 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 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^[2] as well as singing in choirs.^[1]^[2]

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".^[3]

Bibliography

Paksenarrion

The Deed of Paksenarrion Novels

Sheepfarmer's Daughter (1988-06-01)
Divided Allegiance (1988-10-01)
Oath of Gold (1989-01-02)

“Those Who Walk in Darkness” (1990-03-01) – short story set during Oath of Gold, included in the collections Lunar Activity and Phases

The Deed of Paksenarrion (1992-02-01) – omnibus edition

The Deed of Paksenarrion (2003-10-01) – hardcover omnibus

The Legacy of Gird Novels

Surrender None (1990-06-01) – prequel to The Deed of Paksenarrion
Liar's Oath (1992-05-01) – sequel to Surrender None

The Legacy of Gird (1996-09-01) – omnibus edition

Familias Regnant universe

Heris Serrano trilogy
- Hunting Party (1993-07-01)
- Sporting Chance (1994-09-01)
- Winning Colors (1995-08-01)

Heris Serrano (2002-07-30) – omnibus edition

Esmay Suiza trilogy
- Once a Hero (1997-03-01)
- Rules of Engagement (1998-12-01)
- Change of Command (1999-12-01)
Against the Odds (2000-12-02)

Vatta's War

Trading in Danger (2003-09-30)
Marque and Reprisal (2004-09-28) – Moving Target in the UK and Australia
Engaging The Enemy (2006-03-28)
Command Decision (2007-02-27)
Victory Conditions (Anticipated Spring 2008)

The Planet Pirates trilogy

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 (1990-03-01) – Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon
The Death of Sleep (1990-06-01) – Anne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye
Generation Warriors (1991-02-01) – Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon
The Planet Pirates (1993-10-01) – omnibus edition, McCaffrey, Moon, & Nye

Other novels

Remnant Population (1996-05-01)
The Speed of Dark (2002-10-31)

Collections

Elizabeth Moon’s list of her own short fiction

Lunar Activity (1990-03-01) – Ten short stories
Phases (1997-12-01) – Eight stories from Lunar Activity, and others previously uncollected.

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

Moon Flights (September 2007) - Fifteen stories, including an original "Vatta's War" story, with an introduction by Anne McCaffrey (Note: the limited edition contains an additional rare bonus story entitled "Fencing In")