Tamsyn Muir | |
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Born | Tamsyn Elizabeth Muir [1] 14 March 1985 New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Genre | Fantasy, science fiction, horror |
Years active | 2011–present |
Notable works | The Locked Tomb series |
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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.
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] In 2014, she married Matt Hosty, a classicist in the University of Oxford, whom she met in the Homestuck fandom. [7] [8] Muir, who is a lesbian, [9] [10] describes their relationship as platonic and refers to Hosty as her "moirail". [11]
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, [12] the World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction, [13] the Eugie Award, [14] and the Shirley Jackson Award for best novelette. [15]
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. [16]
The second book in The Locked Tomb, Harrow the Ninth , was published in August 2020, [17] and was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel. [18] It was followed by Nona the Ninth in 2022. The fourth instalment, Alecto the Ninth, was initially announced for release in 2023, [19] but a cover and release date have not been revealed. The most recent update, as of July 2024, is that Muir's publicist confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con that Muir was still writing the book. [20]
Muir's fantasy novella Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower was published in July 2020. [21] It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly . [22]
Muir wrote the teleplay for the twelfth episode of Secret Level, based on the video game Spelunky.
After completing The Locked Tomb, Tor will be publishing Muir's cyberpunk western novella trilogy, beginning with Go Marching In. [23]
Audible named the audio recording as one of the best science fiction audiobooks of the year. [24]
Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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2012 | "The Magician's Apprentice" | Shirley Jackson Award | Short Fiction | Finalist | [25] |
2015 | "The Deepwater Bride" | Nebula Award | Novelette | Finalist | [26] |
Shirley Jackson Award | Novelette | Finalist | [27] | ||
2016 | Eugie Award | — | Finalist | [28] | |
World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | Finalist | [29] | ||
2019 | Gideon the Ninth | Amazon Best of 2019 | SF & Fantasy | Won | [30] |
Audible Best of 2019 | Fantasy | Finalist | [31] | ||
Book Riot Best Books of 2019 | — | Listed | [32] | ||
Nebula Award | Novel | Finalist | [33] | ||
New York Public Library Best Books of 2019 | — | Listed | [34] | ||
NPR Best Books of the Year | — | Listed | [35] | ||
Paste 19 Best Novels of 2019 | — | Listed | [36] | ||
Polygon Best SF & Fantasy Books of 2019 | — | Listed | [37] | ||
Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2019 | — | Listed | [38] | ||
Vox Best Books of the Year | — | Listed | [39] | ||
2020 | British Fantasy Award | Best Newcomer | Shortlisted | [40] | |
Chesley Award | Best Hardcover Illustration | Finalist | [41] | ||
Crawford Award | — | Won | [42] | ||
Dragon Award | Science Fiction Novel | Nominated | [43] | ||
Hugo Award | Novel | Finalist | [44] | ||
Locus Award | First Novel | Won | [45] | ||
RUSA CODES Reading List | Science Fiction | Shortlisted | [46] | ||
World Fantasy Award | Novel | Finalist | [47] | ||
Harrow the Ninth | Amazon Best of 2020 | SF & Fantasy | Listed | [48] | |
2021 | Harrow the Ninth | Chesley Award | Best Hardcover Illustration | Finalist | [49] |
Hugo Award | Novel | Finalist | [50] | ||
Locus Award | Fantasy Novel | Finalist | [51] | ||
The Locked Tomb | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | — | Listed | [52] | |
NPR Best Books of the Past Decade | — | Listed | [53] | ||
2022 | Gideon the Ninth | Premio Ignotus | Foreign Novel | Won | [54] |
Nona the Ninth | Kirkus Reviews Best of 2022 | SF & Fantasy | Listed | [55] | |
Nebula Award | Novel | Finalist | [56] | ||
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower | Audie Award | Fantasy | Finalist | [57] | |
2023 | The Locked Tomb | Hugo Award | Series | Finalist | [58] |
Nona the Ninth | Hugo Award | Novel | Finalist | [58] | |
Locus Award | Fantasy Novel | Finalist | [59] | ||
Premio Ignotus | Foreign Novel | Won | [60] | ||
Year | Title [61] | First published | Reprints | Ref |
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2011 | "The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time" | "The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time". Fantasy Magazine (47). February 2011. | [62] | |
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. | [63] |
2013 | "Chew" | "Chew". Nightmare Magazine (4). January 2013. | [64] | |
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. | [65] |
"The Deepwater Bride" | "The Deepwater Bride". F&SF . 129 (1&2): 8–31. July–August 2015. | [66] | ||
"Union" | "Union". Clarkesworld (111): 20–32. December 2015. | [67] | ||
2020 | "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex" | "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex". Tor . 29 July 2020. | [68] | |
2022 | "As Yet Unsent" | "As Yet Unsent". Harrow the Ninth . 2021. | "As Yet Unsent". Tor . 8 June 2022. | [69] |
2022 | "Undercover" | "Undercover". Amazon Original Stories . 15 November 2022. | [70] | |
2023 | "The Unwanted Guest" | "The Unwanted Guest". Nona the Ninth . 2023. | "The Unwanted Guest." Reactor . 18 September 2024. | [71] |
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