Dedications and other References

This page contains details of references and dedications by Lois to others and others to Lois and her works.

Lois's Dedications

Dreamweaver's Dilemma

For my faithful amazing readers

Falling Free

For Dad
Robert Charles McMaster, engineer

Shards of Honor

To Pat Wrede for being a voice in the wilderness
Patricia C Wrede author, "neighbour" and friend (see below)

Barrayar

For Anne and Paul
Lois's two children

The Warrior's Apprentice

For Lillian Stewart Carl
Childhood friend and fellow writer (see below)

The Vor Game

For Mom. And with thanks to Charles Marshall for firsthand accounts of arctic engineering, and William Melgaard for comments on war and wargames.
Lois expands: Charles Marshall was a charming friend of my mother's, who told me tales of the building of Thule Airbase; he also passed away in August 2003 at the age of 91. William Melgaard was/is an on-line correspondent and senior navel architect who passed along some anecdotes and observations of a military bent.

Cetaganda

To Jim and Toni
Jim Baen (publisher) and Toni Weisskopf (editor)

Ethan of Athos

For those who listened in the beginning: Dee, Dave, Laurie, Barbara, R.J., Wes, and the patient ladies of the M.A.W.A.
Lois expands: Dee and Dave Redding, Laurie Haldeman, Barbara Gompf, R.J. Bicking, and Wes Metz, all friends from the Marion days, and the patient, elderly ladies from the Marion Area Writer's Association, none of them fantasy or science fiction readers, who nevertheless got reams of my early work read to them in my first searches for critique and feedback. David Redding is the minister at Liberty Presbyterian Church in Delaware, Ohio (planning to retire in 2003), who was at one time an English teacher; I went to at least one writer's workshop he held at church, back in the day. It seemed more aimed at memoirists, as I dimly recall, but at that point, I'd take anything I could get my hands on. Dee, his wife, used to sit and mend and let me read early chapters of Shards of Honor to her from my penciled manuscript, and say encouraging things -- she was among the first who seemed genuinely interested in the content, in the characters and their story, instead of just the idea of being a writer. Not especially a F&SF reader, she was nonetheless enough of a Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams reader to follow the idea of the thing. The next four listed are friends my own age, who are all still friends, though I've been out of touch with Laurie for a while.

Brothers in Arms

For Martha and Andy
Martha Bartter and Andy Hilgartner, neighbors and first readers from Marion, Ohio.

Mirror Dance

For Patricia Collins Wrede, for literary midwifery above and beyond the long-distance call of duty

Memory

For Trudie Senior and Trudie Junior
Trudie McMaster, Lois' sister in law (junior), and her mother Trudie Trail (senior), who died after a long bout of Alzheimer's-like symptoms. Thematically connected with Simon's memory chip plot.

A Civil Campaign

Dedication - For Jane, Charlotte, Georgette, and Dorothy - long may they rule.
Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Georgette Heyer and Dorothy L Sayers

The Spirit Ring

For Jim and Trudie
Jim and Trudie McMaster, my brother and sister-in-law.

The Curse of Chalion

Acknowledgements:-
The Author would like to thank Professor William D. Phillips, Jr., for History 3714, the most useful four hundred dollars and ten weeks I ever spent in school; Pat "Oh, c'mon, it'll be fun" Wrede for the letter game that first drew the proto-Cazaril, blinking and stumbling, from my back-brain into the light of day; and, I suppose, the utility companies of Minneapolis for the hot shower one cold February, where the first two items collided unexpectedly in my head to create a new world and all the people in it.

Paladin of Souls

For Sylvia Kelso, syntax wrangler and Ista partisan first class
A critic, teacher and academic Sylvia has also republished here.

Lois' more recent books have not had dedications, The Hallowed Hunt, Diplomatic Immunity, and the whole Wide Green World series.

Dedicated to Lois

This section has those books which have been dedicated to Lois. If you find any other please send me the details.

Everran's Bane by Sylvia Kelso

For The Four Wise Women, eluki bes shahar, Lois McMaster Bujold, Pat Anthony, And now, Lillian Stewart Carl, sine qua non

Magician's Ward by Patricia C Wrede

For Lois Bujold, without whom this would still be stuck in Chapter 7. Twice

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede

For ALAN CARL and ANNIE BUJOLD, because they liked the other one a lot
Lillian's son and Lois's daughter

Shadow Dancers by Lillian Stewart Carl

For Lois McMaster Bujold, my oldest friend

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull

Thanks are past due to Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, Pamela Dean, Pat Wrede, Cyn Horton, and Lois Bujold; they always want to know what happens next. Thanks also to Terri, who thought it was a good idea; Curt Quiner and Floyd Henderson, motorcycle gurus; Pamela and Lynda, for the cookies; Val, for comfort and threats; Mike, for the keyboards; and Knut-Koupeé, for all the guitars.

For the singin' and dancin': Boiled in Lead, Summer of Love, Têtes Noires, Curtiss A., Rue Nouveau, Paula Alexander, Prince and the Revolution, First Avenue, Seventh Street Entry, and the Uptown Bar.

But most of all, to Will, for the whole shebang.

Other References

This section gives details of those books that Lois has "blurbed", there haven't been that many, but if you discover others please let me know.

Everran's Bane by Sylvia Kelso

"Kelso presents a beguiling voice in Harran, the hearthbard hero of Everran's Bane, and a deeply fascinating study of kingship in Beryx, Harran's charismatic liege-lord. The prose is dense and chewy, the worldbuilding complex and colorful, and plotting kept me turning pages till four in the morning.
This layered tale is at once a fantasy adventure and a commentary on such, not without sly humor here and there, as well as heartbreak and heroism. Highly recommended.
-- Lois McMaster Bujold, author of The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls

Emerald House Rising by Peg Kerr

"A delightful read, inventive and intriguing. The plot's sly humor grows into genuine wisdom by the book's very satisfactory end.
-- Lois McMaster Bujold, best selling author of The Spirit Ring

A Business of Ferrets by Beth Hilgartner

"An engaging cast of characters plunge into a deadly court intrigue that masks a supernatural intrigue more dangerous still. From the slum kids to the Scholar King, Hilgartner creates heroes both great and small that drew me into her tale."
-- Lois McMaster Bujold