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Lois Mcmaster Bujold from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia Lois McMaster Bujold From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia i [1] Lois McMaster Bujold ( /buːˈʒoʊld/ boo-ZHOHLD; born November 2, 1949) is an American speculative fiction writer. She is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Lois McMaster Bujold Heinlein's record, not counting his Retro Hugo. Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. In the fantasy genre, The Curse of Chalion won the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the 2002 World Fantasy Award for best novel, and both her fourth Hugo Award and second Nebula Award were for Paladin of Souls. In 2011 she was awarded the Skylark Award.[2] In 2013 she was awarded the Forry Award.[3] The bulk of Bujold's works comprise three separate book series: the Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion Series, and the Sharing Knife series. Contents 1 Biography 2 Science fiction 3 Fantasy Bujold at home in 2009 4 List of works Born Lois Joy McMaster[1] November 2, 1949 5 Awards Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Occupation Novelist 6 References Nationality American 7 Further reading Period 1985–present Genre Science fiction, fantasy 8 External links Website dendarii.com (http://dendarii.com) Biography Bujold is the daughter of Robert Charles McMaster[4][5] and attributes her early interest in science fiction, as well as certain aspects of the Vorkosigan Saga, to his influence. He was editor[6] of the monumental Nondestructive Testing Handbook[7] generally referred to as McMaster on Materials. Bujold writes that her experience growing up with a world-famous father is reflected in the same experience that her characters (Miles, Fiametta) have of growing up in the shadow of a "Great Man". Having observed this tendency in both genders, she wonders why it is always called "great man's son syndrome", and never "great man's daughter's syndrome."[8] Her brother, an engineer like their father, helped provide technical details to support her writing of Falling Free.[9] She became a member of science fiction fandom, joined the Central Ohio Science Fiction Society, and co-published StarDate, a science fiction fanzine in which a story of hers appeared under the byline Lois McMaster. Bujold currently lives in Minnesota.[10] She is divorced and has two children;[11] her daughter Anne Bujold is a Portland, Oregon metal Bujold at Finncon 2012 in Tampere artist, welder,[12] and vice president of the Northwest Blacksmith Association.[13] Science fiction Lois Bujold wrote three books (Shards of Honor, The Warrior's Apprentice and Ethan of Athos) before The Warrior's Apprentice was accepted after four rejections. The Warrior's Apprentice was the first book purchased, though not the first Vorkosigan book written, nor would it be the first one to be published. On the strength of The Warrior's Apprentice, Baen Books agreed to a three-book deal to include the two bracketing novels. Thus began her career in writing in science fiction. By 2010, Baen Books claimed to have sold 2 million copies of Bujold's books.[14] Bujold is best known for her Vorkosigan saga, a series of novels featuring Miles Vorkosigan, a physically impaired interstellar spy and mercenary admiral from the planet Barrayar, set approximately 1000 years in the future. Earlier titles are generally firmly in the space opera tradition with no shortage of battles, conspiracies, and wild twists, while in more recent volumes, Miles becomes more of a detective. In A Civil Campaign, Bujold explores yet another genre: a high-society romance with a plot that pays tribute to Regency romance novelist Georgette Heyer (as acknowledged in the dedication). It centers on a catastrophic dinner party, with misunderstandings and dialogue justifying the subtitle "A Comedy of Biology and Manners". The author has stated that the series structure is modeled after the Horatio Hornblower books, documenting the life of a single person. In themes and echoes, they also reflect Dorothy L. Sayers' mystery character Lord Peter Wimsey. Bujold has also said that part of the challenge of writing a series is that many readers will encounter the stories in "utterly random order", so she must provide sufficient background in each of them without being excessively repetitious. Most recent printings of her Vorkosigan tales do include an appendix at the end of each book, summarizing the internal chronology of the series. Bujold has discussed her own views on the optimum reading order for the Vorkosigan series in her blog.[15] Fantasy Bujold also wanted to break into the fantasy genre, but met with early setbacks. Her first foray into fantasy was The Spirit Ring. She wrote the book "on spec", shopped it around, and found low offers, sending her back to Baen Books, where Jim Baen bought it for a fair price in exchange for the promise of more Vorkosigan books. Bujold called this experience very educational, combined with the mediocre sales of and lack of critical acclaim for that book. She would not attempt to break into the fantasy market again for almost another decade, with The Curse of Chalion. This book was also written on spec and offered up to a book auction. This time, she met with considerable critical and commercial success by tapping into a crossover market of fantasy and romance genre fans. The fantasy world of Chalion was first conceived as a result of a University of Minnesota course she was taking about Medieval Spain in her spare time. The next fantasy world she created was the tetralogy set in the universe of The Sharing Knife, borrowing inspiration for its landscapes and for the dialect of the "farmers" from ones she grew up with in central Ohio. She writes that her first readers who helped proofread it said she got it exactly right and they could recognize Ohio features in the descriptions and dialects. List of works Awards Hugo Awards Wins "The Mountains of Mourning" (1990) The Vor Game (1991) Barrayar (1992) Mirror Dance (1995) Paladin of Souls (2004) Nominations Falling Free (1989) Memory (1997) A Civil Campaign (2000) The Curse of Chalion (2002) "Winterfair Gifts" (2005) Cryoburn (2011) Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2013) Nebula Awards Wins Falling Free (1989) "The Mountains of Mourning" (1990) Paladin of Souls (2005) Nominations "Weatherman" (1991) Barrayar (1992) Memory (1998) A Civil Campaign (2001) Diplomatic Immunity (2004) Locus Awards Best Science Fiction Novel Barrayar (1992) Mirror Dance (1995) Best Fantasy Novel Paladin of Souls (2004) John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Nominated (1987) References 1. "Bujold, Lois McMaster" (http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bujold_lois_mcmaster). Revised February 17, 2014. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (sf-encyclopedia.com). Retrieved 2014-08-14. Entry by 'PN/NT'. 2. NESFA. "Skylark Award". NESFA. Retrieved 2013-10-15. 3. Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. "Forry Award". LASFS. Retrieved 2013-10-15. 4. "Robert Charles McMaster - a tribute". Dendarii.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 5. cf. a Memorial Tribute (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1384&page=266) in his honor 6. "Nondestructive Testing Handbook (9780318215020): Robert C. McMaster: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 7. "The American Society for Nondestructive Testing". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. 8. Bujold, Lois Mcmaster (1997). Young Miles. BAEN. p. 830. 9. Bujold, Lois McMaster. Forward to Miles, Mutants, Microbes Omnibus edition, paragraphs 11 & 13 10. "Lois McMaster Bujold, Biolog". Dendarii.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 11. "Locus Lois McMaster Bujold Biography". Dendarii.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 12. "Ann the Riveter and her Riveted Rabbit". CraftedInCarhartt.com. Retrieved 2015-12-26. 13. "Northwest Blacksmith Association Board of Directors". Northwest Blacksmith Association. Retrieved 2015-12-26. 14. Jeremy L. C. Jones. "A Conversation With Lois McMaster Bujold". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved 2012-04-01. 15. Lois McMaster Bujold. "The chef recommends". Retrieved 2015-09-23. Further reading BFN; Strickland, Diane; Slusser, Linda S.; O'Neil, James Francis; Tyson, Edith S.; Wehmann, Claudia J.; King, Richard L. (October 1993). "Booksearch: Favorite Writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy" (PDF). English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English) 82 (6): 83–85. doi:10.2307/820174. JSTOR 820174. Retrieved 2008-07-27. Carl, Lillian Stewart, & Helfers, John (2008). The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold. Riverdale, NY: Baen Books. ISBN 978-1-4165-5603-9. Janet Brennan Croft, ed. (2013). Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-6833-1. Haehl, Anne L. (Fall 1996). "Miles Vorkosigan and the Power of Words: A Study of Lois McMaster Bujold's Unlikely Hero". Extrapolation (Kent State University Press) 37 (3): 224–233. ISSN 0014-5483. James, Edward (2015). Lois McMaster Bujold (Modern Masters of Science Fiction). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-08085-2. Kelso, Sylvia (Winter 1998). "Lois McMaster Bujold: Feminism and 'The Gernsback Continuum' in Recent Women's SF". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (JFA) 10 (1 [37]): 17–29. ISSN 0897-0521. Kelso, Sylvia (2009). "Loud Achievements: Lois McMaster Bujold's Science Fiction". In Sylvia Kelso. Three Observations and a Dialogue: Round and About SF. Seattle: Acqueduct Press. ISBN 978-1-933500-28-7. OCLC 430954881. Lennard, John (2010). "Of Marriage and Mutations: Lois McMaster Bujold and the Several Lives of Miles Naismith Vorkosigan". In John Lennard. Of Sex and Faerie: Further essays on Genre Fiction. Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks. pp. 70–111. ISBN 978-1-84760-171-1. Lennard, John (August 21, 2014). "Absent Gods, Absent Catastrophes: The Sharing Knife and The Lord of the Rings". LiveJournal. Lindow, Sandra J.
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