When she was 9 years old she watched as her father , Jack McKnight , spent most of the 1953 Worldcon in his metal shop machining the first Hugo Award rockets , which he had been recruited to do at the last minute , making it to the Convention just in time for the Hugo Ceremony . A few years later , at the age of 12 , she attended her first science fiction convention , Philcon , with her parents , and at the age of 16 , she attended Pittcon , her first World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon ) , where she met her future husband , Robert K. ( Bob ) Pavlat
Pittcon
18th World Science Fiction Convention
Peggy Rae Sapienza