Rothlauren C.

Rothlauren C. asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I have read your Sharing Knife series more than 20 times, and it has helped me through some of the darkest times of my life. I served for 4 years in the USMC, then nursing school for 4 years. I've been an ER RN for 10 years. I was just accepted at university for my Psychiatric Nurse Practicioner degree. When I can finally build a hospital, may please name the library in your honor? Dag and Fawn have kept me alive. TY

Lois McMaster Bujold I am glad my work helped nourish you when you needed it. (And I'm always especially pleased to hear a good word for The Sharing Knife tetralogy.)

I've never had a library named in my honor, but it would be cool. Though I once had a name plaque on a chair in a library auditorium, that some fans rustled up for me when the library was canvassing. I suppose I can always hope for an asteroid. I did have an experimental rescue robot named after me once, years ago, which was a treat.

Ta, L.

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Steven Sarafian

Steven Sarafian asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I read e-books on an iPad and mostly get them from iBooks. The indications of genre in 'Library' view are all over the place: "Penric's Demon" is labeled 'Historical', "Penric's Mission" and "Paladin of Souls" 'Epic', "The Curse of Chalion" 'Paranormal'. Of course many others are better labeled. I suppose that you are not the decider, but do you have any influence? And who does decide?

Talli Ruksas

Talli Ruksas asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Concepts of gender identity, being non-binary, and the pronouns used for them seem to be changing rapidly even among fairly young children I'm told. I wondered if you were creating Bel today if you would have used something other than "it"? Although apparently it's preferred at about 10%.

John Terrel

John Terrel asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Ah finally, able to converse. I hope there isn't a letter cap...spoilers there is >:) I don't know this website very well is there a better way to message you directly? If not long story cut VERY SHORT...I finished reading Cordelia's Honor at 6amCST this morning before going to bed. I laughed, I cried, I contemplated my own mortality and called family, and I am very grateful the rest of your books are in the back.

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