Biography
Bujold is the daughter of Robert Charles McMaster and attributes her early interest in science fiction, as well as certain aspects of the Vorkosigan Saga, to his influence. He was editor of the monumental Nondestructive Testing Handbook generally referred to as McMaster on Materials.
Bujold writes that her experience growing up with a world-famous father is reflected in the same experience that her characters (Miles, Fiametta) have of growing up in the shadow of a "Great Man". Having observed this tendency in both genders, she wonders why it is always called "great man's son syndrome", and never "great man's daughter's syndrome."
Her brother, like her father, is also an engineer. Her brother helped provide technical details to support her writing of Falling Free.
Bujold currently lives in Minnesota. She is divorced and has two children.
Read more about this topic: Lois McMaster Bujold
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