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That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.

Anne McCaffrey

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
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At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book
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My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly the rest is subject to change without notice.
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Living is struggling to do something impossible To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
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I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.
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People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?
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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
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