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Sad. Anne McCaffrey died.

I was so obsessed with her books (especially the dragonrider series) as a kid, it feels a little bit like part of my childhood died. I must have read each one at least 10 times. I had the game, the atlas, the guide, both albums... I even have a plush fire lizard that can sit on my shoulder.

I once gave a presentation on her in high school. I read all the information I could on her, but still didn't have enough to present. So I wrote to her, asking my questions and surprisingly she wrote back right away and was very nice about it.

In college, I got my first and only job in food service to go to dragoncon and see her in person. It was really neat to meet so many other fans and hear her in person. She was a very funny lady.

Sue she wasn't a perfect person. And her later books weren't nearly as good. But the books she wrote that I grew up with made my teenage years infinitely better.

Favorite authors, stop dying! There aren't many of you left!