While she was interested in writing, she didn't pursue an English major, feeling it was too concerned with literary criticism instead of literary creation. She attended Ohio State University from 1968 to 1972. Her reading tastes later expanded and she stated she now reads 'history, mysteries, romance, travel, war, poetry, etc'. 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. She started reading adult science fiction at the age of nine, picking up the habit from her father. She has stated that she was always a 'voracious reader'. 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.' Her brother, an engineer like their father, helped provide technical details to support her writing of Falling Free.

īujold writes that her experience growing up with a famous father is reflected in the same experience that her characters (Miles, Fiametta) have of growing up in the shadow of a ' Great Man'. He was editor of the Nondestructive Testing Handbook. The bulk of Bujold's works comprises three series: the Vorkosigan Saga, the World of the Five Gods, and the Sharing Knife series.īujold is the daughter of Robert Charles McMaster and attributes her early interest in science fiction, as well as certain aspects of the Vorkosigan Saga, to his influence. The Science Fiction Writers of America named her its 36th SFWA Grand Master in 2019. She has won two Hugo Awards for Best Series, in 2017 for the Vorkosigan Saga and in 2018 for the World of the Five Gods. In 2011 she was awarded the Skylark 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. Her novella ' The Mountains of Mourning' won both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award.

Heinlein's record (not counting his Retro Hugos).

She is an acclaimed writer, having won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Lois McMaster Bujold ( / b uː ˈ ʒ oʊ l d/ ( listen) boo- ZHOHLD born November 2, 1949) is an American speculative fiction writer.

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