Lois McMaster Bujold

Lois McMaster Bujold is an American speculative fiction writer best known for the Vorkosigan Saga, which begins with Shards of Honour and follows Miles Vorkosigan, a physically impaired interstellar spy and mercenary admiral from Barrayar. She has also written the Chalion fantasy novels The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls, and she has won the Hugo Award for best novel four times. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her a Grand Master in 2019.