Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire
Born	January 5, 1978 (1978-01-05) Martinez, California
Pen name	Mira Grant
Nationality	American
Genres	Urban Fantasy, Horror
Notable work(s)	Rosemary and Rue, A Local Habitation, Feed (as Mira Grant)
Influences Stephen King
www.seananmcguire.com

Seanan McGuire
Born	January 5, 1978 (1978-01-05)
Origin	California
Genres	Filk
Associated acts	Lady Mondegreen
Website	http://www.seananmcguire.com/

Seanan McGuire (born January 5, 1978, in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker. She also writes under the name "Mira Grant."

Novels

October Daye

1. Rosemary and Rue (September 1, 2009, ISBN 978-0756405717)
2. A Local Habitation (March 2, 2010, ISBN 978-0756405960)
3. An Artificial Night (September 7, 2010, ISBN 978-0756406264)
4. Late Eclipses (March 1, 2011, ISBN 978-0756406660)
5. One Salt Sea (September 6, 2011, ISBN 978-0756406837)
6. Ashes of Honor (TBA)
7. The Chimes at Midnight (TBA)

InCryptid

1. Discount Armageddon (March 6, 2012, ISBN 978-0756407131)
2. Midnight Blue-light Special (TBA)

Newsflesh (as Mira Grant)

1. Feed (April 27, 2010, ISBN 978-0316081054)
2. Deadline (May 31, 2011, ISBN 978-0316081061)
3. Blackout (June 2012)

Short fiction

Anthologies

1. "Lost" in Ravens in the Library (February 2009)
2. "Animal Husbandry" in Grants Pass (August 2009)
3. "Everglades" in The Living Dead 2 (as Mira Grant, September 2010)
4. "Gimme a 'Z'!" in Zombiesque (February 2011)
5. "Alchemy and Alcohol" in After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar (March 2011)
6. "Through This House" in Home Improvement: Undead Edition (August 2011)
7. "Riddles" in Human Tales (September 2011)
8. "Cinderella City" in Human for a Day (November 2011)
9. "We Will Not Be Undersold!" in The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity (December 2011)
10. "The Flower of Arizona" in Westward Weird (February 2012)

Stand-alone Novellas

Seanan has published novellas directly through Orbit Books under the Mira Grant byline. All have thus far centered on her pre-established Newsflesh universe.

1. "Countdown" (June 2011)
2. "San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats" (TBA)

Sparrow Hill Road

In 2010, Seanan wrote a series of linked stories for The Edge of Propinquity, an online magazine. During this time, she was billed as a "universe author." The Sparrow Hill series focused on Rose Marshall, a hitchhiking ghost seeking revenge on the man originally responsible for her death.

1. "Good Girls Go To Heaven" in The Edge of Propinquity (January 2010)
2. "Dead Man's Party" in The Edge of Propinquity (February 2010)
3. "Tell Laura I Love Her" in The Edge of Propinquity (March 2010)
4. "Building A Mystery" in The Edge of Propinquity (April 2010)
5. "El Viento del Diablo" in The Edge of Propinquity (May 2010)
6. "Last Dance With Mary Jane" in The Edge of Propinquity (June 2010)
7. "Do You Want To Dance" in The Edge of Propinquity (July 2010)
8. "Dead Man's Curve" in The Edge of Propinquity (August 2010)
9. "Last Train" in The Edge of Propinquity (September 2010)
10. "Bad Moon Rising" in The Edge of Propinquity (October 2010)
11. "Faithfully" in The Edge of Propinquity (November 2010)
12. "Thunder Road" in The Edge of Propinquity (December 2010)

Non-fiction

• "Mathematical Excellence" in Chicks Dig Time Lords (March 2010)
• "Introduction" in In A Gilded Light (Jennifer Brozek, September 2010)
• "The Girls Next Door: Learning to Live With the Living Dead and Never Even Break a Nail" in Whedonistas (March 2011)

Albums

• Pretty Little Dead Girl: Seanan McGuire and Friends Live at OVFF 2005 (2006)
• Stars Fall Home (2007)
• Red Roses and Dead Things (2009)
• Wicked Girls (2011)

Awards

McGuire was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer by the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention. This award was announced at Aussiecon 4 on September 5, 2010. As this award is in the form of a tiara and the award was presented in Australia, Seanan has blogged that this makes her "Officially the Princess of the Kingdom of Poison and Flame".

In 2010, McGuire's novel Feed (written under the pseudonym Mira Grant) ranked #74 in an National Public Radio listener poll of the top 100 Thriller novels of all time. Feed was also selected by Publishers Weekly as one of their Best Books of 2010. It was nominated for the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

McGuire has won five Pegasus Awards:

• Best Filk Song (2011), for "Wicked Girls"
• Best Badass Song (2011), for "Evil Laugh"
• Best Mad Science Song (2010), for "What A Woman's For"
• Best Writer/Composer (2008)
• Best Performer (2007)

She has received three other nominations:

• Best Tragedy Song (2008), for "The Black Death"
• Best Torch Song (2006), for "Maybe It's Crazy"
• Best Writer/Composer (2005 and 2006)

McGuire was Interfilk guest at Conterpoint 2007.

External links

• Podcast Interview
• Seanan McGuire's website
• Mira Grant's website
• Lady Mondegreen's website
• Interview with Seanan McGuire on BookBanter
• Review of Rosemary and Rue in Publisher's Weekly
• Sparrow Hill Road on Edge of Propinquity
• ZombieTech Interview