Tamsyn Muir

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Tamsyn Muir
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Born (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39)
New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Author
Nationality New Zealand
Genre Fantasy, science fiction, horror
Years active 2011–present
Website
tamsynmuir.com

Tamsyn Muir (born 14 March 1985) is a New Zealand author of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Muir won the 2020 Locus Award for her first novel, Gideon the Ninth, and has been nominated for several other awards as well.

Biography

Muir was born March 14, 1985, in New South Wales, Australia. She moved to New Zealand when she was nine months old, and grew up in Howick, New Zealand.[1][2] In 2010, she earned a degree in education.[1] She is also a 2010 graduate of the Clarion Workshop.[3] She currently lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom.[4][5] Muir is a lesbian.[6][7]

Work

Muir's short story "The Deepwater Bride", published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 2015, was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette,[8] the World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction,[9] the Eugie Award[10] and the Shirley Jackson Award for best novelette.[11]

Gideon the Ninth, Muir's first novel and the first book of The Locked Tomb series, was published in 2019. It was awarded the 2020 Locus Award for Best First Novel and the 2020 Crawford Award, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Hugo Award for Best Novel. It finished third in the Goodreads Choice Awards for best science fiction in 2019.[12]

Muir's fantasy novella Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower was published in July 2020.[13] It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[14]

The second book in the Locked Tomb series, Harrow the Ninth, was published in August 2020,[15] and was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel.[16] It was followed by Nona the Ninth in 2022, with Alecto the Ninth forthcoming in 2023.[17]

After the Locked Tomb books, Tor will be publishing Muir's cyberpunk western novella trilogy beginning with Go Marching In, as well as two other books.[18]

Awards and honors

In 2019, Amazon editors selected Gideon the Ninth as the best science fiction and fantasy book of the year.[19]

In 2020, Amazon named Harrow the Ninth one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the year.[20]

In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named Nona the Ninth one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the year.[21] Audible named the audio recording the one of the best science fiction audiobooks of the year.[22]

Awards for Muir's writing
Year

(Awarded)

Nominee Award Result Ref
2013 "The Magician's Apprentice" Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction Nominated [23]
2015 "The Deepwater Bride" Nebula Award for Best Novelette Nominated [24]
Shirley Jackson Award for Novelette Nominated [25]
2016 Eugie Award for Short Fiction Nominated [26]
World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction Nominated [27]
2019 Gideon the Ninth Audible Best of Fantasy Nominated [28]
Nebula Award for Best Novel Nominated [29]
2020 BooktubeSFF Award for Best Science Fiction Nominated [30]
Brave New Words Award Nominated [31]
Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover Nominated [32]
Dragon Award for Sci-fi Novel Nominated [33]
Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominated [34]
IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award Won [35][36]
Locus Award for Best First Novel Won (1st) [37][38]
Reference and User Services Association Reading List: Science Fiction Nominated [39][40]
Sydney J. Bounds Award (Best Newcomer) Nominated [41]
World Fantasy Award—Novel Nominated [42]
2021 Harrow the Ninth Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover Nominated [43]
Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominated [44]
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Nominated (3rd) [45]
The Locked Tomb Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Nominated [46]
2022 Nona the Ninth Ignotus Award for Novela extranjera (Foreign Novel) Won [47]
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower Audie Award for Fantasy Nominated [48][49]
2023 Nona the Ninth Nebula Award for Best Novel Nominated [50]

Publications

The Locked Tomb

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  6. Alecto the Ninth. Tor Books. 2023.

Novellas

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Short stories

Year Title[51] First published Reprints Ref
2011 "The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time" Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [52]
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"The Deepwater Bride" Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [56]
"Union" Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [57]
2020 "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex" Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [58]
2022 "As Yet Unsent" Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
2022 "Undercover" "Undercover". Amazon Original Stories. 15 November 2022. [59]

Essays

  • A Little Explanation on Naming Systems (2020)

Webcomics and graphic novels

References

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  51. Short stories unless otherwise noted.
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External links

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