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Lois McMaster Bujold

2 universes Last reviewed 2026-09-05

Lois McMaster Bujold is an American author born November 2, 1949, in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of engineer and editor Robert Charles McMaster, whose interests shaped her early love of science fiction. She attended Ohio State University from 1968 to 1972 and worked in hospital patient care before publishing her first novel in 1985 and beginning to write full-time in her thirties. She is best known for the Vorkosigan Saga science fiction series, as well as fantasy series including the World of the Five Gods, which includes The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls, and The Sharing Knife. She has won four Hugo Awards for Best Novel, tying Robert A. Heinlein's record, plus two Hugo Awards for Best Series (2017 and 2018) and two Nebula Awards, and received the SFWA Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award in 2020 along with the Mythopoeic Award and Minnesota Book Award. She married John Fredric Bujold in 1971, had two children, later divorced, and now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Universe(s)

World of the Five Gods

  • Core Canon books: 19
  • Current rank: #93 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 4.22
  • Award recognitions: 4 won, 3 finalist mention, 6 nomination

The Sharing Knife

  • Core Canon books: 4
  • Current rank: #591 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 3.89
  • Award recognitions: None recorded

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