History Creator / LoisMcMasterBujold

*** Literature/VorkosiganSaga: Cordelia mentions an Armsman who has one wife in the city and one in the country, is chronically stressed by the expense and the secrecy, but can't bear to choose between them and seems to truly love both.
*** Not to mention that [[spoiler:an essential spoiler for the entire plot of ''Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen'' was that Oliver had been the invisible third person in Aral and Cordelia's marriage for ''years'']].
*** ''Literature/WorldOfTheFiveGods'': Dowager Royina Ista tells of the close but non-romantic relationship she had with her husband's male lover, and how much her husband loved them both.

* A number of her books revolve around engineering; her father was one, with protagonist Leo Graf loosely based on him.
* Hair, long hair in particular, is often a symbol of status and beauty. {{Traumatic Haircut}}s often appear because of this, with the Barrayaran custom of burning locks DueToTheDead being a base for it.

-->--'''Creator/AnneMcCaffrey''', the blurb that appeared on the front of most of Bujold's early ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' books

** The angsty, experienced older man/spunky but naive young woman pairing shows up in a number of Bujold's other works, including ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Falling Free]]'', ''[[Literature/WordOfTheFiveGods The Curse of Chalion]]'', and ''[[Literature/WorldOfTheFiveGods The Hallowed Hunt]]''.

** The angsty, experienced older man/spunky but naive young woman pairing shows up in a number of Bujold's other works, including ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Falling Free]]'', ''[[Literature/{{Chalion}} The Curse of Chalion]]'', and ''[[Literature/{{Chalion}} The Hallowed Hunt]]''.

*** Literature/{{Chalion}}: Dowager Royina Ista tells of the close but non-romantic relationship she had with her husband's male lover, and how much her husband loved them both.

* The ''Literature/{{Chalion}}'' series

** The angsty, experienced older man/spunky but naive young woman pairing shows up in a number of Bujold's other works, including ''[[VorkosiganSaga Falling Free]]'', ''[[Literature/{{Chalion}} The Curse of Chalion]]'', and ''[[Literature/{{Chalion}} The Hallowed Hunt]]''.

*** VorkosiganSaga: Cordelia mentions an Armsman who has one wife in the city and one in the country, is chronically stressed by the expense and the secrecy, but can't bear to choose between them and seems to truly love both.

* AmazonChaser
** ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Aral, Miles, and Roic
** ''[[Literature/{{Chalion}} The Hallowed Hunt]]'': Ingrey
** ''Literature/TheSharingKnife'': Anyone interested in Sumac

* [[MayDecemberRomance May--September Romance]]
** ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Duv and Delia
** ''[[Literature/{{Chalion}} The Curse of Chalion]]'': Cazaril and Betriz
** ''Literature/TheSharingKnife'': Dag and Fawn

** Bujold is one of the few authors who portrays UterineReplicators as being clearly better for the baby, the mother, and society in general, and not as a symptom of a dehumanizing dystopia. She's also had two kids. (She also makes sure to note that Cordelia and Fawn have access to the ''good'' anti-nausea medication during their pregnancies.)

* ''Literature/TheSpiritRing'', a standalone novel based on the legend of The Grateful Dead. (No, not the band.)

* [[MayDecemberRomance May–-September Romance]]

** ''Literature/{{Chalion}}'': Ingrey

** ''[[Literature/{{Chalion}} The Hallowed Hunt]]'': Cazaril and Betriz

** ''Literature/{{Chalion}}'': Cazaril and Betriz

** ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Aral and Miles

Lois [=McMaster=] Bujold is a modern American writer of SpeculativeFiction, best known for writing the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''.

Other works of hers include:

* ''TheSharingKnife'' series

* ''Literature/TheSpiritRing'', a standalone novel

* The ''{{Chalion}}'' series

* ''TheSpiritRing'', a standalone novel

Lois McMaster Bujold is a modern American writer of SpeculativeFiction, best known for writing the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''.