Godo Stoyke
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello Lois! I am always confused about whether I should look for your books under "McMaster" or under "Bujold" in local stores. Can you elucidate what your "surname" is? Thanks!
Lois McMaster Bujold
Ah, good question to get clarified.
The surname is "Bujold", and my books should be listed under the Bs.
McMaster is my maiden name, which I use as my middle name. So there should be no hyphens, either. Both stores and libraries, as well as readers, sometimes get confused about this, unfortunately.
(I sometimes wish, as I am sitting there writing my tripartite name over and over at book signings, that I had gone with the shorter "Lois McMaster" as my writing name, but it is too late now to change. At least Bujold appears higher in any alphabetic list, which can't hurt for visibility.)
Ta, L.
Ah, good question to get clarified.
The surname is "Bujold", and my books should be listed under the Bs.
McMaster is my maiden name, which I use as my middle name. So there should be no hyphens, either. Both stores and libraries, as well as readers, sometimes get confused about this, unfortunately.
(I sometimes wish, as I am sitting there writing my tripartite name over and over at book signings, that I had gone with the shorter "Lois McMaster" as my writing name, but it is too late now to change. At least Bujold appears higher in any alphabetic list, which can't hurt for visibility.)
Ta, L.
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