About the Authors
Anne McCaffrey graduated cum laude
from Radcliffe College, majoring in Slavonic Languages and Literatures. A
prolific bestselling author, she is best known for her handling of broad themes
and the worlds of her imagination, particularly in her tales of the Talents and
the numerous novels about the Dragonriders of Pern. She lives in a house of her
own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Jody Lynn Nye lives in Illinois with her husband and two cats of superior bearing. Her numerous works of science fiction and fantasy include An Unexpected Apprentice and its sequel, A Forthcoming Wizard; Applied Mythology; Advanced Mythology; and others. She has collaborated with New York Times bestselling author Anne McCaffrey on The Death of Sleep, The Ship Who Won, Doona, and other novels, and with another New York Times bestselling author, Robert Asprin, on books in his Myth series.
About Gabrielle de Cuir
Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.