Authors. Mercedes Lackey - The Official Website. Laurell K Hamilton. Jacqueline Carey's Official Author Site. Melanie Rawn: The Official Melanie Rawn Website. The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey. This is the eulogy Alec Johnson, Anne’s eldest son, read in the funeral service held for Anne McCaffrey November 26th, 2011. For nearly 60 years it’s been my distinct honor to be Anne McCaffrey’s eldest son. And it is with equal measures of joy and sorrow that I accept the honor of addressing you now as we celebrate the life and mourn the passing of the Queen of Science Fiction.
I’m joined today by my brother, the author Todd McCaffrey, and my sister, Georgeanne, her husband, Geoffrey, and their son Owen. My daughters Eliza and Amelia couldn’t be here, nor was Todd’s daughter Ceara able to join us. Yet this list is far from being the sum of Anne McCaffrey’s family. Beyond my Mother’s legendary accomplishments as a writer, she was first and foremost a magnificent human being with the largest heart that ever warmed so many in its loving embrace.
My mother was like a river to her family and her friends. Yet the greatest gift I ever received from my Mother was her love. J.K. Rowling.