Title: Elizabeth Moon Papers - Fully Processed, 1989-2010
Arrangement
Arrangement for manuscripts is alphabetical by title; other material is arranged as received.
Abstract
The manuscripts and papers of science fiction author Elizabeth Moon.
Administrative/Biographical History
Elizabeth Moon, born Susan Elizabeth Norris, is a Texas native and a former Marine. Born in 1945, she grew up in McAllen, TX. Moon attended Rice University in Houston, where she obtained a B.A. in History in 1968; she joined the U.S. Marine Corps in that year and rose to the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
Her professional writing career was launched in 1986, with the publication of the stories "Bargains" in the Sword and Sorceress III anthology and "ABCs in Zero-G" in Analog Science Fiction. Moon published her first novel, Sheepfarmer’s Daughter, a fantasy, in 1988, and it won the 1989 Compton Crook Award. Since then Moon has built a popular and criticially acclaimed career, primarily through her military-based science fiction and space operas. Among these are her "Heris Serrano" series of novels (the first, Hunting Party, was released in 1993), and the 5 novels in the "Vatta's Universe" series (7 novels so far from 2003 through 2018).
Her stand-along novel The Speed of Dark won the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novel. In 2007 Moon was awarded the Robert A. Heinlein Award which honors "outstanding published works in hard science fiction or technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space.”
