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My Take
Lois McMaster Bujold is one of those writers I'd hand to anyone who thinks science fiction is all gadgets and no heart. Four Hugo Awards for best novel, matching Heinlein's record, plus a Nebula and back-to-back best-series Hugos, is a staggering haul, and the Vorkosigan Saga is why. What I love is that she writes about a sharp, physically disabled protagonist navigating power, family, and disability with wit and emotional honesty rather than spectacle. An Ohio State graduate who became a genre titan, she proves that character-driven space opera can win the field's highest honors again and again. Easy recommendation.
Overview
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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- Name (Japanese)
- ロイス・マクマスター・ビジョルド
- Reading
- ろいす・まくますたー・びじょるど
- Born
- November 2, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / science fiction writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Upper Arlington High School
- University
- Ohio State University
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novel
- 2014 Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame
- 1995 Hugo Award for Best Novel
- 1992 Hugo Award for Best Novel
- 2004 Hugo Award for Best Novel
- 1990 Hugo Award for Best Novella
- 2017 Hugo Award for Best Series
- 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Vorkosigan Saga | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.