Tamsyn Muir

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Tamsyn Muir
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BornTamsyn Elizabeth Muir [1]
(1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39)
New South Wales, Australia
OccupationAuthor
NationalityNew Zealand
Genre Fantasy, science fiction, horror
Years active2011–present
Notable works The Locked Tomb series
Website
tamsynmuir.com

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

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Biography

Muir was born March 14, 1985, in New South Wales, Australia. Her family moved to New Zealand when she was nine months old, so Muir grew up in Howick, New Zealand. [2] [3] In 2010, she earned a degree in education. [2] She is also a 2010 graduate of the Clarion Workshop. [4] She currently lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom. [5] [6] Muir is a lesbian. [7] [8]

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, [9] the World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction, [10] the Eugie Award, [11] and the Shirley Jackson Award for best novelette. [12]

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. [13]

The second book in The Locked Tomb, Harrow the Ninth , was published in August 2020, [14] and was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel. [15] It was followed by Nona the Ninth in 2022. The fourth instalment, Alecto the Ninth, was initially announced for release in 2023, [16] but a cover and release date have not been revealed.

Muir's fantasy novella Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower was published in July 2020. [17] It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly . [18]

After completing The Locked Tomb, Tor will be publishing Muir's cyberpunk western novella trilogy, beginning with Go Marching In. [19]

Awards and honors

In 2019, Amazon editors selected Gideon the Ninth as the best science fiction and fantasy book of the year. [20]

In 2020, Amazon named Harrow the Ninth one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the year. [21]

In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named Nona the Ninth one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the year. [22] Audible named the audio recording as one of the best science fiction audiobooks of the year. [23]

Awards for Muir's writing
YearNomineeAwardResultRef
2013"The Magician's Apprentice" Shirley Jackson Award for Short FictionNominated [24]
2015"The Deepwater Bride" Nebula Award for Best Novelette Nominated [25]
Shirley Jackson Award for NoveletteNominated [26]
2016 Eugie Award for Short FictionNominated [27]
World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction Nominated [28]
2019 Gideon the Ninth Audible Best of Fantasy
n. Moira Quirk 		Nominated [29]
Nebula Award for Best Novel Nominated [30]
2020BooktubeSFF Award for Best Science FictionNominated [31]
Brave New Words AwardNominated [32]
Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover
Ill. Tommy Arnold		Nominated [33]
Crawford Award Won [34] [35]
Dragon Award for Sci-fi NovelNominated [36]
Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominated [37]
Locus Award for Best First Novel Won (1st) [38] [39]
RUSA Reading List: Science FictionNominated [40] [41]
Sydney J. Bounds Award (Best Newcomer)Nominated [42]
World Fantasy Award—Novel Nominated [43]
2021 Harrow the Ninth Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover Nominated [44]
Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominated [45]
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Nominated (3rd) [46]
The Locked Tomb Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Nominated [47]
2022 Nona the Ninth Ignotus Award for Novela extranjera (Foreign Novel)Won [48]
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower Audie Award for Fantasy Nominated [49] [50]
2023Nona the Ninth Nebula Award for Best Novel Nominated [51]

Publications

The Locked Tomb

  1. —— (2019). Gideon the Ninth. Tor Books. ISBN   978-1250313195.
  2. —— (2020). Harrow the Ninth. Tor Books. ISBN   978-1250313225.
  3. —— (2022). Nona the Ninth. Tor Books. ISBN   978-1250854117.
  4. ——. Alecto the Ninth. Tor Books.

Essays

Novellas

Short stories

YearTitle [52] First publishedReprintsRef
2011"The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time" "The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time". Fantasy Magazine (47). February 2011. [53]
2012"The Magician's Apprentice""The Magician's Apprentice". Weird Tales. 66.3 (359): 36–38. Winter 2012. "The Magician's Apprentice". Lightspeed Magazine (88). September 2017. [54]
2013"Chew" "Chew". Nightmare Magazine (4). January 2013. [55]
2015"The Woman in the Hill""The Woman in the Hill". Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror. 2015. "The Woman in the Hill". Nightmare Magazine (63). December 2017. [56]
"The Deepwater Bride""The Deepwater Bride". F&SF . 129 (1&2): 8–31. July–August 2015. [57]
"Union" "Union". Clarkesworld (111): 20–32. December 2015. [58]
2020"The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex" "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex". Tor . 29 July 2020. [59]
2022"As Yet Unsent""As Yet Unsent". Harrow the Ninth . 2021. "As Yet Unsent". Tor . 8 June 2022. [60]
2022"Undercover""Undercover". Amazon Original Stories . 15 November 2022. [61]
2023"The Unwanted Guest""The Unwanted Guest". Nona the Ninth . 2023. "The Unwanted Guest." Reactor . 18 September 2024. [62]

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