Anne McCaffrey: Science Fiction Storyteller (People to Know)
Gr 6-9-Anyone who reads McCaffrey's novels cannot help but be curious about what influenced her to create such wonderful worlds. Trachtenberg has the answers. In this biography of the first woman to win the Hugo Award, readers are given a tremendous amount of personal insight through quotations, black-and-white photographs, and remembrances from friends and family. McCaffrey began writing science fiction during a time when it was thought that women were unequipped to deal with science. Devoted to her craft, she took courses in physics and consulted with specialists to assure that her science was accurate. This brief, well-organized title will be popular with readers already familiar with her work, and it is sure to encourage those who are not to seek it out. Libraries that already own Todd McCaffrey's book about his mother, Dragonholder (Del Rey, 2001), will want to add this title to their collection as it provides some extra details.Michele Capozzella, Chappaqua Public Library, NYCopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.