It was the late jan howard finder who first introduced me to Lois McMaster Bujold’s work He grabbed me at a convention in the dealer’s room, dragged me along after him with his never-ending monologue, picked up a copy of The Warrior’s Apprentice, paged it to a certain spot, and said, “Read this.”

I did pretty much the same thing with Mum when I next saw her. Mum always eagerly poured through Lois’ latest works and was thrilled to be asked to write any quotable words of praise for her books, saying most notably, “Boy, can she write!”

In her essay, Lois explains that some of the inspiration she received and built on came from none other than Anne McCaffrey—greater praise can no writer ask for!