Moon, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Moon, nee Susan Elizabeth Norris, grew up in a small town in Texas , 250 miles south of San Antonio , 8 miles from the border with Mexico . Her parents divorced soon after her birth, and her mother raised Elizabeth alone. Elizabeth wrote her first work at the age of 6, it was a story about her dog ^[4] .

In 1968, after graduating from Rice University in Houston with a bachelor ’s degree in history, Elizabeth Moon joined the United States Marine Corps . After the expiration of the contract in 1971, Mun retired to the reserve in the rank of lieutenant.

In 1969 she married Richard Sloan Moon ( Richard Sloan Moon ), and in 1983 their son Michael was born.

At the University of Texas at Austin, she received a bachelor's degree in biology, then spent two years doing research.

Elizabeth Moon worked for six years in an ambulance, for four years she served as an elected city alderman.

As a writer, Elizabeth Moon made her debut in 1988, when her novel Mercenary Sword ( Eng. Sheepfarmer's Daughter ) and its sequel, The Mercenary Oath ( Eng. Divided Allegiance ) (1988), came out. In 1989, the third book of the cycle, Oath of Gold , saw the light of the cycle. In total, the writer has two dozen novels and novels.

Elizabeth Moon also participated in inter-author projects. For example, for the project Iret ( eng. Ireta ) in collaboration with Anne McCaffrey the novels were written:

• the novel "Sassinak" ( eng. Sassinak , 1990)
• novel "Generation of Warriors" ( eng. Generation Warriors , 1991)
• Space Pirates novel ( Eng. Planet Pirates , 1993, in collaboration with Jody Lynn Nye ^[5] )

The most popular are the works of Mun from the cycles about Paxenarrione , Vatta's War and the cycle about Suiza and Serano .

• The cycle of works "Gird" (aka Paks Universe )
  • series " The Legacy of Gird "
    • Surrender None (1990)
    • Liar's Oath (1992)
  • The Paxenarrion Chronicles series ( The Deed of Paksenarrion ):
    • novel "The Sword of a Mercenary " ( Eng. Sheepfarmer's Daughter , 1988)
    • the novel "The Oath of a Mercenary" ( born Divided Allegiance , 1988)
    • the novel "The Way of a Mercenary" ( born Oath of Gold , 1989)
    • story "Those Who Walk in Darkness" (1990)
    • the story "Gifts" ( born Gifts , 2004)

• The series of works "Dynasty Warriors" ( English Serrano Legacy )
  • Heris Serrano series:
    • novel "Hunting Party" (1993)
    • the novel "Sporting Chance" (1994)
    • novel "Winning Colors" (1995)
  • Esmey Suiza series ( Esmay Suiza ):
    • novel "The Hero's Unwittingly" ( English Once a Hero , 1995)
    • novel "Rules of the Game" ( English Rules of Engagement , 1998)
  • Suiza and Serrano series:
    • novel "Change of Command" ( born Change of Command , 1999)
    • novel "Against the Odds" (2000)

• The series of works "Vatta's War"
  • novel "Trading in Danger" (2003)
  • novel "Marque and Reprisal" (2004)
  • novel "Engaging the Enemy" (2006)
  • novel "Command Decision" (2007)
  • novel Victory Conditions (2008)

• 1989 - Compton Crook Prize for the Sword of the Mercenary ( English Sheepfarmers Daughter , 1988)
• 2003 - Nebula Award , in the nomination Roman (Novel) for The Speed ​​of Dark (2002)
• In 2007, the Elizabeth Moon won the Robert Heinlein Award ( Eng. Robert A. Heinlein Award ) ^[6]

• The official site of Elizabeth Moon.
• Elizabeth Moon on fantlab.ru .
• Elizabeth Moon in Maxim Moshkov Library