Elizabeth Moon
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born
March 07, 1945
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McAllan, Texas, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
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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 f...more
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The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 4.27 — 765 ratings — published 1992 3 editions |
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The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 4.01 — 742 ratings — published 2002 11 editions |
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Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1) by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 4.15 — 403 ratings — published 1988 5 editions |
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Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1) by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 3.84 — 401 ratings — published 2003 6 editions |
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Oath of Gold (The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 3) by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 4.13 — 343 ratings — published 1989 4 editions |
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Marque and Reprisal (Vatta's War, #2) by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 3.87 — 341 ratings — published 2004 6 editions |
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Once a Hero (Serrano Legacy, #4) by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 3.85 — 321 ratings — published 1998 12 editions |
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Engaging the Enemy (Vatta's War, #3) by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 3.83 — 321 ratings — published 2006 6 editions |
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Command Decision (Vatta's War, Book 4) by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 3.89 — 303 ratings — published 2007 6 editions |
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Divided Allegiance (The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 2) by Elizabeth Moon avg rating 4.01 — 290 ratings — published 1988 2 editions |
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"Even if a tamed wolf makes a good sheepdog, he will never understand how the sheep feel....You are most fortunate. For having been, as you thought, a coward, and helpless to fight - you know what that is like. You know what bitterness that feeling breeds - you know in your own heart what kind of evil it brings. And so you are most fit to fight it where it occurs."
— Elizabeth Moon (The Deed of Paksenarrion)
— Elizabeth Moon (The Deed of Paksenarrion)
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The Speed of Dark"
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