Lois McMaster Bujold: Biography, Facts and Career

Lois McMaster Bujold ( boo-ZHOHLD; born November 2, 1949) is an American speculative fiction writer. She has won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record (not counting his Retro Hugos). Bujold is best known for her Vorkosigan Saga, a series of science fiction novels featuring Miles Vorkosigan, a physically impaired interstellar spy and mercenary admiral from the planet Barrayar, set approximately 1000 years in the future. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her its 36th SFWA Grand Master in 2019. The bulk of Bujold's works comprises three series: the Vorkosigan Saga and two fantasy series, the World of the Five Gods and the Sharing Knife. Her Vorkosigan novella "The Mountains of Mourning" won both the Hugo Award and Nebula 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 her fourth Hugo and second Nebula were for Paladin of Souls. In 2011 she was awarded the Skylark Award. 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.

Quick facts about Lois McMaster Bujold

• Full name: Lois McMaster Bujold
• Born: 1949-11-02
• Nationality: United States
• Known as: Author
• Wikidata ID: Q229369

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