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Anne McCaffrey: Science Fiction Storyteller
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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - rebelling against parent's expectations - general coming of age story - alienated from society
Political/social rights fight Yes
Plotlet: - fighting for social change - women fighting for rights - fighting discrim. (other than racial/gender)
Taboo Sex Story? Yes
Kind of sex: - gay guy - lesbianism!
Pal/friendship story Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 60's-90's
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - Irish/McCourt
How sensitive is this person? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel? - very happy
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 11-14
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 26-50% of book
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