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Tamsyn Muir (born 14 March 1985) is a New Zealand author of fantasy, science fiction and horror. She has been nominated for several awards, and her first novel, Gideon the Ninth, was published in 2019.

Tamsyn Muir
Born	(1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 37) New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Author
Nationality	New Zealand
Genre	Fantasy, science fiction, horror
Years active	2011–Present
Notable works	The Locked Tomb series
Website
tamsynmuir.com

Biography

Muir was born March 14, 1985, in New South Wales, Australia. She moved to New Zealand when she was nine months old, and grew up in Howick, New Zealand.[1][2] In 2010, she earned a degree in education.[1] She is also a 2010 graduate of the Clarion Workshop.[3] She currently lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom.[4][5] Muir is a lesbian.[6][7] In an interview with Vox's Constance Grady, Muir described her Catholic background.[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 series, Harrow the Ninth, was published in August 2020,[14] and was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel.[15] It will be followed by Nona the Ninth in 2022, with Alecto the Ninth forthcoming in 2023.[16]

After the Locked Tomb books, Tor will be publishing Muir's cyberpunk western novella trilogy beginning with Go Marching In, as well as two other books.[17]

Awards and nominations

Year (Awarded)	Year (Eligibility)	Nominee	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2013	2012	“The Magician's Apprentice”	Shirley Jackson Awards	Short Fiction	Nominated	[18]
2016	2015	“The Deepwater Bride”		Novelette	Nominated	[18]
			Nebula Award	Nebula–Novelette	Nominated	[18]
			World Fantasy Awards	WFA–Short Fiction	Nominated	[18]
			Eugie	Short Fiction	Nominated	[18]
2020	2019	Gideon the Ninth	Hugo Award	Hugo–Novel	Nominated	[18]
			Nebula Award	Nebula–Novel	Nominated	[18]
			World Fantasy Awards	WFA–Novel	Nominated	[18]
			British Fantasy Awards	Sydney J. Bounds (Best Newcomer)	Nominated	[18]
			Dragon Awards	Sci-fi Novel	Nominated	[18]
			Locus	Locus–First Novel	Won (1st)	[18]
	2018-2019 (18 months preceding)		IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award		Won	[18]
2021	2020	Harrow the Ninth	Hugo Award	Hugo–Novel	Nominated	[18]
			Locus	Locus–Fantasy Novel	Nominated (3rd)	[18]

Bibliography

The Locked Tomb

1. Gideon the Ninth. Tor Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1250313195.
2. Harrow the Ninth. Tor Books. 2020. ISBN 978-1250313225.
3. Nona the Ninth. Tor Books. 2022. ISBN 978-1250854117.
4. Alecto the Ninth. Tor Books. 2023.

Novellas

• Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower. Subterranean Press. 2020. ISBN 978-1596069923.

Short stories

Year	Title[19]	First published	Reprints	Notes	Ref
2011	"The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time"	"The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time". Fantasy Magazine (47). February 2011.			[20]
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.		[21]
2013	"Chew"	"Chew". Nightmare Magazine (4). January 2013.			[22]
2015	"The Woman in the Hill"	"The Woman in the Hill". Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror. 2015.			[23]
	"The Deepwater Bride"	"The Deepwater Bride". F&SF. 129 (1&2): 8–31. July–August 2015.			[24]
	"Union"	"Union". Clarkesworld (111): 20–32. December 2015.			[25]
2020	"The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex"	"The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex". Tor. 29 July 2020.			[26]
2022	"As Yet Unsent"	"As Yet Unsent". Tor. 8 June 2022.

Essays

• A Little Explanation on Naming Systems (2020)

Webcomics and graphic novels

• Apothecia (with Shelby Cragg) (2014) [27]

References

External links

• Official website
• Professional Tumblr
• Previous Tumblr (2011-2015)
• Tamsyn Muir at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Tamsyn Muir at the Sci-fi Awards Database
• Tamsyn Muir on Goodreads

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