Elizabeth Moon Books in Order

Elizabeth Moon is a renowned author of science fiction, born on March 7, 1945, in McAllen, Texas. She graduated from McAllen High School in 1963 and went on to earn a B.A. in History from Rice University in 1968, and a B.A. in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975, with additional graduate work in Biology at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Her distinguished career in the USMC (1968-1971) and marriage to fellow Rice alumnus Richard Moon, an Army officer, marked significant milestones. They reside in a small central Texas town, where they raised their son, born in 1983. Moon's passion for writing began in childhood, with her first attempts at illustrated biographies and poetry. She seriously pursued science fiction writing in the 1980s, securing her first publications with "Bargains" in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword & Sorcerers III and "ABCs in Zero G" in Analog. Her debut novel, Sheepfarmer's Daughter, released in 1988, earned her the Compton Crook Award in 1989. Subsequent notable works include the Hugo-nominated Remnant Population (1997) and The Speed of Dark, which won the Nebula Award in 2004 and was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.