What was the name of that female science fiction author who’s Hornblower-like hero is a midget? I read one of her works and am ready to try another.
Sounds like you’re thinking of Lois McMaster Bujold and her “Miles Vorkosigan” books.
Definitely Miles Vorkosigan.
He’s not actually a dwarf or a midget - he was exposed to chemical warfare agents as a fetus, which weakened his skeletal system. His shortness was a result both of stunted growth and multiple broken bones as a child.
As he tells everyone he meets.
Thank you all.
Were these short stories?
Whoosh! 
D’oh!