Lois McMaster Bujold (pronounced boo-ZHOHLD) is a renowned American speculative fiction writer, born on November 2, 1949. She has achieved significant acclaim in the science fiction and fantasy genres.

Bujold has won the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Novel four times, a record she shares with Robert A. Heinlein. Her novella, The Mountains of Mourning, won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award.

In the fantasy genre, her work The Curse of Chalion won the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the 2002 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Her novel Paladin of Souls earned her both her fourth Hugo Award and her second Nebula Award.

Bujold was honored with the Skylark Award in 2011. She has been recognized with two Hugo Awards for Best Series, in 2017 for the Vorkosigan Saga and in 2018 for the World of the Five Gods. In 2019, the Science Fiction Writers of America named her its 36th SFWA Grand Master.

The majority of Bujold's works consist of three series: the Vorkosigan Saga, the World of the Five Gods, and the Sharing Knife series.