Lee Murray (writer)

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Lee Murray
Lee Murray at the Auckland Writers Festival.jpg
NationalityNew Zealand
Occupation(s)Author, Editor
Notable workTaine McKenna Adventures Series
AwardsBram Stoker, Sir Julius Vogel

Lee Murray (born 1965) is a New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer and editor. [1] She is a third generation Chinese New Zealander who has written over forty works. [2] She is a five-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a twelve-time winner of the Sir Julius Vogel Award. She is most noted for her Taine McKenna military thrillers, and supernatural crime-noir series The Path of Ra. [3] [4]

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Biography

Murray was born in Putāruru, Waikato. [1] She previously worked as a scientist and an advisor for the OECD. [1] She is the co-founder of Young New Zealand Writers with Piper Mejia, an organization which has provided development and publishing opportunities for New Zealand school students. [1] [5] She suffers from anxiety and depression. [6] She currently lives in Tauranga. [7]

Awards

Her anthologies Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror and Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women won the Bram Stoker Award for "Superior Achievement in an Anthology" in 2018 [8] and 2020 respectively, while her collection Grotesque: Monster Stories won the "Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection " category in 2020. [9] Other works have won the Australian Shadows and Sir Julius Vogel awards. [10] She was the winner of the 2019 Bram Stoker Mentor of the year award. [11] She is a professional member of the Horror Writers Association, [12] Australian Horror Writers Association, [13] and the New Zealand Society of Authors. [14] In 2020 she was awarded the New Zealand Society of Authors Honorary Literary Fellowship. [15] In 2021 she was awarded the Grimshaw Sargeson 2021 Fellowship. [16] She won the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023 with her manuscript Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud. [17] [18]

Works as author

AwardYearCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Bram Stoker Award 2018Superior Achievement in Short Fiction"Dead End Town"Nominee [8]
Bram Stoker2019Superior Achievement in a NovelInto the AshesNominee [19]
Bram Stoker2020Superior Achievement in a Fiction CollectionGrotesque: Monster Stories (Things in the Well)Winner [9]
Bram Stoker2021Superior Achievement in Short FictionPermanent DamageWinner [20]
Bram Stoker2021Superior Achievement in a Poetry CollectionTortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken' by Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn'Winner [20]
Bram Stoker2022Superior Achievement in Short Non-FictionI Don’t Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales)Winner [21]
Bram Stoker2023Superior Achievement in Long FictionDespatchesNominee
Sir Julius Vogel2012Best Youth NovelBattle of the BirdsWinner
Sir Julius Vogel2013Best Short StoryHope is the thing with feathersWinner
Sir Julius Vogel2014Best NovellaCave FeverWinner
Sir Julius Vogel2015Best Short StoryInside FerndaleWinner [22]
Sir Julius Vogel2016Best Short StoryThe Thief's TaleWinner
Sir Julius Vogel2017Best Novel: Into the MistInto the MistWinner
Sir Julius Vogel2017Services To Science Fiction, Fantasy And HorrorWinner
Sir Julius Vogel2018Best NovelHounds of the UnderworldWinner
Sir Julius Vogel2019Best NovelInto the SoundsWinner

Works as editor

AwardYearCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Bram Stoker2018Superior Achievement in an AnthologyHellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean TerrorNominee [8]
Bram Stoker2020Superior Achievement in an AnthologyBlack Cranes: Tales of Unquiet WomenWinner [9]
Sir Julius Vogel2014Best Collected WorkBaby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of TerrorWinner
Sir Julius Vogel2017Best Collected WorkAt the EdgeWinner
Australian Shadow2018Edited WorkHellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean TerrorWinner
Aurealis2020Best AnthologyBlack Cranes: Tales of Unquiet WomenNominee [23] [24]
Australian Shadow2020Edited WorkMidnight Echo #15Winner [25]

Bibliography

Selected Bibliography [26]
WorkYearTitle
Contributor2016The Refuge Collection Book 1: Heaven to Some
Editor2017Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror
Contributor2018Beneath the Waves: Tales from the Deep (4) (Things in the Well)
Editor2020Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women
Editor2013Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror
Contributor2019HWA Poetry Showcase Volume VI

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  16. ↑ "A Murder Mystery Novel And A Series Of Prose Poems For Grimshaw Sargeson's 2021 Fellowship | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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