Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction and the first to win a Nebula Award. Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.
1 April 1926
Born on the same birth day (1 April): Alain Connes • David Gower • Haimar Zubeldia • Hillary Scott • Javier Irureta • Peter Collinson (film director) • Phillip Schofield • Richard D. Wolff • Robin Lopez
Born in the same month (April 1926): Alan Reynolds (artist) • Frank Daniel • Jurriaan Schrofer • Liang Yusheng • Shecky Greene • Thorbjörn Fälldin • Tim LaHaye