Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in)[1] (born January 5, 1978, in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker. In 2010, she was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer by the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention. Her novella Every Heart a Doorway received the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novella,[2] the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novella,[3] and the 2017 Locus Award for Best Novella.[4]

Seanan McGuire
McGuire in 2018
Born (1978-01-05) January 5, 1978
Martinez, California, U.S.
Pen name
  • Mira Grant
  • A. Deborah Baker
OccupationWriter
GenreUrban fantasy, horror, apocalyptic
Notable worksRosemary and Rue, Discount Armageddon, Feed (as Mira Grant), the "Wayward Children" series, the "Ghost Roads" series
Website
www.seananmcguire.com

McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. She adopted the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/horror.[5] As Grant, she published the political thriller/zombie series Newsflesh, comprising the books Feed (2010), Deadline (2011), Blackout (2012), and Feedback (2016). Blackout was nominated for a 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Additionally, in 2017, The Wine in Dreams was published as part of the novella collection, Star Wars: Canto Bight, a tie-in to the 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

In 2013, McGuire received a record five Hugo nominations in total, two for works as Grant and the other three under her own name.[6]

Biography

McGuire was born in California. She has described her interests as including "swamps, long walks, long walks in swamps, things that live in swamps, horror movies, strange noises, musical theater, reality TV, comic books, finding pennies on the street, and venomous reptiles."[7] She identifies as pansexual,[8] or bisexual,[9] and demisexual.[10]

Bibliography
Main article: Seanan McGuire bibliography

Awards and nominations

McGuire was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer by the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention.[11]

In 2010, McGuire's novel Feed (written under the pseudonym Mira Grant) ranked #74 in a National Public Radio listener poll of the top 100 thriller novels of all time.[12] Feed was also selected by Publishers Weekly as one of their Best Books of 2010.[13] It was nominated for the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award, as well as the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel.[14] Its sequel, Deadline, was also nominated for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The stand-alone Newsflesh story "Countdown" was nominated for the 2012 Best Novella Hugo. Her filk album Wicked Girls was nominated for the 2012 Best Related Work Hugo. The SF Squeecast, a podcast to which she contributes, won the 2012 Hugo Award for best fancast.[15]

McGuire was the inductee into the 2012 Darrell Awards Hall of Fame for her contributions to mid-south science fiction.[16]

SF Squeecast won its second Hugo in 2013. Blackout received a 2013 Hugo nomination for Best Novel. In addition, McGuire received three other nominations (a record five nominations in a single year): best novella (as Grant) and twice for best novelette (both as McGuire).[6]

McGuire won the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novella for Every Heart a Doorway.[2] McGuire has won six Pegasus Awards:[17]

Every Heart a Doorway was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 2017. Beneath the Sugar Sky was nominated for the 2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.[18]

McGuire has won the American Library Association's Alex Award twice: in 2017 for Every Heart a Doorway[19] and in 2018 for Down Among the Sticks and Bones.[20] This makes her the first author to win the award in two consecutive years.[21]

McGuire has received five nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Series. The October Daye series was nominated in 2017, 2019, and 2021, and the InCryptid series was nominated in 2018 and 2020.

Year Organization Award Category Work Result Source
2021 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novella Come Tumbling Down Nominated [22]
2021 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Series October Daye Nominated [22]
2021 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Graphic Story or Comic Ghost-Spider vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over Nominated [22]
2020 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novel Middlegame Nominated [23]
2020 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novella In an Absent Dream Nominated [23]
2020 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Series InCryptid Nominated [23]
2019 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Series October Daye Nominated
2019 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novella Beneath the Sugar Sky Nominated
2018 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novella Down Among the Sticks and Bones Nominated
2018 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Series InCryptid Nominated
2017 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novella Every Heart a Doorway Won
2017 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Series October Daye Nominated
2016 Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Best Novella Every Heart a Doorway Won [24]
2013 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novel Blackout (as Mira Grant) Nominated [25]
2013 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novella San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats (as Mira Grant) Nominated [25]
2013 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novelette In Sea-Salt Tears Nominated [25]
2013 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novelette Rat-Catcher Nominated [25]
2013 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Fancast SF Squeecast Won [25]
2012 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novel Deadline (as Mira Grant) Nominated [26]
2012 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Novella Countdown (as Mira Grant) Nominated [26]
2012 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Related Work Wicked Girls Nominated [26]
2012 World Science Fiction Convention Hugo Best Fancast SF Squeecast Won
2010 World Science Fiction Society Campbell Best New Writer N/A Won [27]

References
  1. "Silly Survey Bio". SeananMcGuire.com. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  2. "Nebula Award Recipients Announced". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  3. "2017 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. "2017 Locus Awards Winners". www.locusmag.com. Locus Online News. 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  5. Mayer, Petra (July 22, 2018). "Readers See Themselves In The Many Worlds Of Seanan McGuire". NPR. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  6. Flood, Alison (31 March 2013). "Seanan McGuire gets record five nominations for Hugo awards". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  7. "Seanan McGuire: Biography". seananmcguire.com. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  8. "Women in Queer SFF: Interview with Seanan McGuire". Sep 7, 2017. Retrieved Sep 26, 2019.
  9. McGuire, Seanan (Apr 22, 2015). "I am not a lesbian when I am with a woman. I am not straight when I am with a man. I am not asexual when I am with neither. I'm bi". Retrieved Sep 26, 2019.
  10. McGuire, Seanan (Feb 13, 2017). "My name is pronounced SHAWN-in, and while there are many aspects to the book that are not mine, I identify as demisexual". Retrieved Nov 24, 2019.
  11. "John W. Campbell Award History". www.thehugoawards.org.
  12. "Audience Picks: Top 100 'Killer Thrillers'". NPR. 2010.
  13. "Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2010". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  14. "Account Suspended". www.renovationsf.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved Sep 26, 2019.
  15. "2012 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  16. "The Darrell Awards". Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  17. "Pegasus Awards – Seanan McGuire". www.ovff.org. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  18. "World Fantasy Awards℠ 2019 | World Fantasy Convention". Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  19. "Alex Awards 2017". www.ala.org. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  20. "Alex Awards 2018". www.ala.org. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  21. "Alex Awards Tor Press Release". www.tor.com. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  22. "2021 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society.
  23. "2020 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  24. "Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novella Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  25. "2013 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  26. "2012 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  27. "Campbell Award". The Hugo Awards. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2019-04-03.


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