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  <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon was born March 7, 1945, and grew up in McAllen, Texas, graduating from McAllen High School in 1963. She has a B.A. in History from Rice University (1968) and another in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin (1975) with graduate work in Biology at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

She served in the USMC from 1968 to 1971, first at MCB Quantico and then at HQMC. She married Richard Moon, a Rice classmate and Army officer, in 1969; they moved to the small central Texas town where they still live in 1979. They have one son, born in 1983. 

She started writing stories and poems as a small child; attempted first book (an illustrated biography of the family dog) at age six. Started writing science fiction in high school, but considered writing merely a sideline. First got serious about writing (as in, submitting things and actually getting money...) in the 1980s. Made first fiction sale at age forty--&quot;Bargains&quot; to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword &amp; Sorceress III and &quot;ABCs in Zero G&quot; to Analog. Her first novel, &lt;I&gt;Sheepfarmer's Daughter&lt;/i&gt;, sold in 1987 and came out in 1988; it won the Compton Crook Award in 1989. &lt;I&gt;Remnant Population&lt;/i&gt; was a Hugo nominee in 1997, and &lt;I&gt;The Speed of Dark&lt;/i&gt; was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and won the Nebula in 2004.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>McAllan, Texas</hometown>  <born_at>03/07/1945</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Deed of Paksenarrion]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.27</average_rating>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Speed of Dark]]></title>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon]]></name>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon]]></name>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Oath of Gold (The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon]]></name>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Marque and Reprisal (Vatta's War, #2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Engaging the Enemy (Vatta's War, #3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Once a Hero (Serrano Legacy, #4)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Command Decision (Vatta's War, Book 4)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Divided Allegiance (The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Moon]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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