So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it.
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I used to not back down from a challenge.
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Birth: | 7th March, 1945 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Soldier, Writer |
Elizabeth Moon was born in McAllen, Texas, USA. She is an American novelist, writer, and soldier. Her other writing includes newspaper columns and opinion pieces. Her novel The Speed of Dark won the 2003 Nebula Award. Her first novel The Sheepfarmer's Daughter won the Compton Crook Award. In 1968, she joined the United States Marine Corps as a computer specialist, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant while on active duty. In 1986, she published her first science fiction in the monthly magazine Analog and the anthology series Sword and Sorceress. She earned a Bachelor's degree in History from Rice University, in 1968 and later earned a second B.A. in Biology.
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