Tamsyn Muir (born 14 March 1985) is a New Zealand author of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Muir won the 2020

Locus Award The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet. In addition to the pl ...

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 ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

, Australia. She moved to New Zealand when she was nine months old, and grew up in

Howick, New Zealand Howick is an eastern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, forming part of what is sometimes called East Auckland. Modern Howick draws much of its character from the succeeding waves of Asian settlement that it has experienced since New Zealand’s ...

. In 2010, she earned a degree in education. She is also a 2010 graduate of the

Clarion Workshop Clarion is a six-week workshop for aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers. Originally an outgrowth of Damon Knight's and Kate Wilhelm's Milford Writers' Conference, held at their home in Milford, Pennsylvania, United States, it was founded i ...

. She currently lives and works in

Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the Un ...

. Muir is a lesbian.

Work

Muir's short story "The Deepwater Bride", published in ''

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher a ...

'' in 2015, was nominated for the

Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy Novella#Versus novelette, novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novele ...

, the

World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction The World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the World Fantasy Convention for the best fantasy fiction published in English during the previous calendar year. The awards have been described by book critics such as ''The Guardian'' as a "presti ...

, the

Eugie Award The Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction is an annual juried award presented to the author of a piece of short speculative fiction (20,000 words or fewer) published during the previous calendar year. It seeks to recognize fiction that is ...

and the

Shirley Jackson Award The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic are presented ...

for best novelette. '' 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 The Locus Award for Best First Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus''. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Firs ...

and the 2020

Crawford Award :::''See also'' Crawford Medal The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (short: Crawford award) is a literary award given to a writer whose first fantasy book was published during the preceding 18 months. It's one of several awards presented by ...

, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. It was nominated for the

Nebula Award for Best Novel The Nebula Award for Best Novel is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novels. A work of fiction is considered a novel by the organization if it is 40,000 words or longer; a ...

and the

Hugo Award for Best Novel The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in, or translated to, English during the previous calendar year. The novel award is available for works of fiction of 40,00 ...

. It finished third in the Goodreads Choice Awards for best science fiction in 2019. The second book in the series, ''

Harrow the Ninth ''Harrow the Ninth'' is a 2020 science fantasy novel by the New Zealand writer Tamsyn Muir. It is the second in Muir's ''Locked Tomb'' series, preceded by '' Gideon the Ninth'' (2019) and followed by '' Nona the Ninth'' (2022) and forthcoming '' ...

'', was published in August 2020, and was a finalist for the 2021

. It was followed by '' Nona the Ninth'' in 2022, with ''Alecto the Ninth'' forthcoming in 2023. After the Locked Tomb books,

Tor Tor, TOR or ToR may refer to: Places * Tor, Pallars, a village in Spain * Tor, former name of Sloviansk, Ukraine, a city * Mount Tor, Tasmania, Australia, an extinct volcano * Tor Bay, Devon, England * Tor River, Western New Guinea, Indonesia Sc ...

will be publishing Muir's cyberpunk western novella trilogy beginning with ''Go Marching In'', as well as two other books.

Awards and honors

In 2019,

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...

editors selected '' Gideon the Ninth'' as the best science fiction and fantasy book of the year. In 2020, Amazon named ''

'' one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the year. In 2022, ''

Kirkus Reviews ''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980). The magazine is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fic ...

'' named '' Nona the Ninth'' one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the year.

Audible Audible may refer to: * Audible (service), an online audiobook store * Audible (American football), a tactic used by quarterbacks * ''Audible'' (film), a short documentary film featuring a deaf high school football player * Audible finish or rush ...

named the audio recording the one of the best science fiction audiobooks of the year.

Publications

The Locked Tomb

# # # # #''Alecto the Ninth.'' Tor Books. 2023.

Novellas

Short stories

Essays

* ''A Little Explanation on Naming Systems'' (2020)

Webcomics and graphic novels

*''Apothecia'' (with Shelby Cragg) (2014)

References

Goodreads Goodreads is an American social cataloging website and a subsidiary of Amazon that allows individuals to search its database of books, annotations, quotes, and reviews. Users can sign up and register books to generate library catalogs and read ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muir, Tamsyn 1985 births Living people New Zealand fantasy writers New Zealand women short story writers New Zealand women novelists 21st-century New Zealand women writers 21st-century New Zealand short story writers 21st-century New Zealand novelists Lesbian novelists New Zealand LGBT novelists Women science fiction and fantasy writers