Elizabeth Moon
At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, Glasgow, August 2005
Born	(1945-03-07) March 7, 1945 (age 67) McAllen, Texas
Occupation	Novelist
Period	June 1, 1988 – present
Genres	Military science fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy
Spouse(s)	Richard Sloan Moon (1969–present)
www.sff.net/people/Elizabeth.Moon/

Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.^[1] Her novel The Speed of Dark won the 2003 Nebula Award.

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 3.1.3 Paladin's Legacy 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

  Biography

Moon was born Susan Elizabeth Norris and grew up in McAllen, Texas. She started writing when she was a child and first tried a book, which was about her dog, at age six. She was inspired to write creatively, and says that she began writing science fiction in her teens, considering it a sideline.^[2]

She earned a Bachelor's degree in History from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1968 and later earned a second B.A. in Biology. In 1968 she joined the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant while on active duty.^[3] She married Richard Sloan Moon in 1969 and they have a son, Michael, born in 1983.^[2]

Moon began writing professionally in her mid-thirties and had a newspaper column in a county weekly newspaper. In 1986 she published her first science fiction in the monthly magazine Analog and the anthology series Sword and Sorceress.^[4] Her stories appeared regularly in Analog the next few years. Her first novel The Sheepfarmer's Daughter (1988)^[4] won the Compton Crook Award and inaugurated the Paksennarrion series.^[3]

Most of her work has military science fiction themes, although biology, politics and personal relationships also feature strongly. The Serrano Legacy is a space opera. Her Nebula-winning novel The Speed of Dark (2003) is a near-future story told from the viewpoint of an autistic computer programmer, inspired by her own autistic son Michael.^[5]

Elizabeth Moon has many interests beside writing. She has a musical background, having played the accordion during her university days^[6] and sung in choirs.^[2][6] She is an accomplished fencer, and captain of the SFWA Musketeers, a group of published speculative fiction authors who also fence.^[7]

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

On September 11, 2010, she wrote a blog entry "Citizenship" about assimilation and an Islamic group that wanted to build a memorial center at/near the site of the 9/11 attack,^[8] which was "perceived by many as derogatory toward Muslims and immigrants." ^[9] Because it "dismayed, angered and offended" the co-chairs and other people associated with WisCon 35, a feminist science fiction convention to be held in May 2011,^[10] her invitation to be a guest of honor was rescinded by WisCon's parent body.^[11][12]

  Awards

• Sheepfarmer's Daughter—1989 Compton Crook Award (winner)^[13]
• 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".^[14][15]

  Bibliography

  Paksenarrion

  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)—paperback omnibus

The Deed of Paksenarrion (October 2003)—hardcover omnibus

The Deed of Paksenarrion (January 2010)—paperback omnibus

  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)—paperback omnibus

to be available as A Legacy of Honour (paperback omnibus) in November 2010

  Paladin's Legacy Novels

• Oath of Fealty (March 2010)—sequel to Oath of Gold
• Kings of the North (March 2011)—sequel to Oath of Fealty
• Echoes of Betrayal (February 2012)—sequel to Kings of the North

  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 of Hunting Party, Sporting Chance and Winning Colors

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

  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)

  The Planet Pirates Series

The Planet Pirates is based on two books by Anne McCaffrey, Dinosaur Planet and Dinosaur Planet Survivors (1978 and 1984, jointly 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

Omnibus edition: The Planet Pirates (October 1993), McCaffrey, Moon, & Nye

  Other novels

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

  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"

  Interviews

• Christopher Dow, Elizabeth Moon's Path to the Stars, Rice University's alumni magazine, The Sallyport. Accessed 2007-09-15.
• Lotesse, [1] (2006-08-18). Accessed 2012-02-03
• Kurt Weller, Interview (2007-03-30), Plaza of the Mind, Blogspot. Accessed 2007-09-15
• Lou Antonelli, Texas author un-invited as convention Guest of Honor over remarks on Islam (2010-10-23), NewsOK

  See also

• Women science fiction authors

  References

  External links

• Elizabeth Moon at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Elizabeth Moon. The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees.
• Moon's Website
• Moon's Paksworld blog
• MoonScape, Moon's personal blog at LiveJournal

• Free copies of Sheepfarmer's Daughter from the Baen Free Library.
• GraphicAudio.net GraphicAudio Productions of Elizabeth Moon novels
• Moon Flights at Night Shade Books' website

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Name	Moon, Elizabeth
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Date of birth	March 7, 1945
Place of birth	McAllen, Texas
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