Tamsyn Muir
{{Short description|New Zealand writer (born 1985)}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Tamsyn Muir
| image = File:Tamsyn Muir at BookExpo (15987).jpg
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| birth_name = Tamsyn Elizabeth Muir{{Cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/04/tamsyn-muir-blood-words/|title=Tamsyn Muir: Blood Words|work=Locus|date=13 April 2020|accessdate=27 August 2024}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|3|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = New South Wales, Australia
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| occupation = Author
| genre = Fantasy, science fiction, horror
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| website = {{URL|tamsynmuir.com}}
| nationality = New Zealand
| notable_works = The Locked Tomb series
| years_active = 2011–present
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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.
Biography
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.{{Cite web|title=Tamsyn Muir: Blood Words|url=https://locusmag.com/2020/04/tamsyn-muir-blood-words/|last=locusmag|date=2020-04-13|website=Locus Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}{{cite web |publisher=The Fantasy Inn|title=An Interview with Tamsyn Muir| date=2019-08-28 |url=https://thefantasyinn.com/2019/08/28/an-interview-with-tamsyn-muir/}} In 2010, she earned a degree in education. She is also a 2010 graduate of the Clarion Workshop.{{cite web|publisher=Clarion Workshop |title=San Diego Alumni | url=http://clarion.ucsd.edu/san-diego-alumni/ |access-date=2020-01-01}} She currently lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom.{{cite book |last=Muir |first=Tamsyn |author-link=Tamsyn Muir |date=2019 |title=Gideon the Ninth |publisher=Tor.com |page=630 |asin=B07J6HWLPR}}{{cite web|title=Tamsyn Muir|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/tamsynmuir/|access-date=2020-01-01|publisher=Macmillan Publishers}} In 2014, she married Matt Hosty, a classicist in the University of Oxford, whom she met in the Homestuck fandom.{{Cite web |title=paraTactician - Fanlore |url=https://fanlore.org/wiki/ParaTactician#:~:text=paraTactician%20is%20a%20BNF%20fic,His%20partner%20is%20urbanAnchorite. |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=fanlore.org}}{{Cite web |date=Oct 5, 2014 |title=Martha PW on X: @tazmuir "married yesterday, taz muir and matt hosty. 10 injured, 3 dead. reports still coming in on the extent of the damage" |url=https://x.com/martha_again/status/518729135058079744 |website=X/Twitter}} Nevertheless, Muir describes their relationship as platonic and refers to Hosty as her "moirail".{{Cite web |title=and then went down to the ship |url=https://www.tumblr.com/urbananchorite/101258961972/hey-taz-i-dont-wanna-be-weird-but-are-you-and-pt?source=share |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Tumblr |language=en-US}} Muir is a lesbian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenerddaily.com/tamsyn-muir-author-interview/|title=Q&A: Tamsyn Muir, Author of 'Gideon The Ninth'|date=2019-10-03|website=The Nerd Daily|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-10}}{{Cite web|title=Tamsyn Muir Interview: "There is a lot of blood on my dance floor."|url=http://threecrowsmagazine.com/tamsyn-muir-interview-there-is-a-lot-of-blood-on-my-dance-floor/|date=2020-02-22|website=Three Crows Magazine|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-02-25}}
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,{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2016 |title=Nebula Awards 2016 |work=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus |access-date=2016-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627043454/http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2016 |archive-date=2016-06-27 |url-status=live}} the World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction,{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_2016 |title=World Fantasy Awards 2016 |work=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |access-date=2016-07-15}} the Eugie Award,{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/06/2016-eugie-award-finalists/ |title=2016 Eugie Award Finalists |website=Locus |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=14 April 2017}} and the Shirley Jackson Award for best novelette.{{cite web |url=https://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/award-winners/2015-shirley-jackson-awards-winners | title=2015 Shirley Jackson Award winners| publisher=The Shirley Jackson Awards| access-date=2020-01-01}}
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.{{cite web| title=Best Science Fiction |publisher=Goodreads | url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2019 |access-date=2020-01-01}}
The second book in The Locked Tomb, Harrow the Ninth, was published in August 2020,{{Cite web|last=Publishing|first=Tor com|title=Harrow the Ninth|url=https://publishing.tor.com/harrowtheninth-tamsynmuir/9781250313225/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Tordotcom Publishing|language=en-US}} and was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel.{{Cite web|title=2021 Hugo Awards|date=January 2021 |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/}} It was followed by Nona the Ninth in 2022. The fourth instalment, Alecto the Ninth, was initially announced for release in 2023,{{Cite web |url=https://www.tor.com/2021/07/30/announcing-nona-the-ninth-a-new-addition-to-the-locked-tomb-series-from-tamsyn-muir |work=Tor.com|date=July 30, 2021 |title= Announcing Nona the Ninth, a New Addition to The Locked Tomb Series From Tamsyn Muir!}} but a cover and release date have not been revealed.
Muir's fantasy novella Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower was published in July 2020.{{Cite web |last=admingale |date=2021-03-02 |title=Book Review {{!}} Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir |url=https://galesburglibrary.org/princess-floralinda-and-the-forty-flight-tower/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Galesburg Public Library |language=en-US}} It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.{{Cite web |title=Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781596069916 |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}
After completing The Locked Tomb, Tor will be publishing Muir's cyberpunk western novella trilogy, beginning with Go Marching In.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/tasmyn-muir-on-gideon-the-ninth-the-locked-tomb-trilogy-spec-fic?=123 |work=Bustle |date=October 20, 2020 |last=Colyard|first=K.W.|title=Tamsyn Muir Is Ready To Write About Cyberpunk Lesbian Gunslingers}}
Awards and honors
In 2019, Amazon editors selected Gideon the Ninth as the best science fiction and fantasy book of the year.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-11-12 |title=Amazon's Best Books of 2019 |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/11/amazons-best-books-of-2019/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}
In 2020, Amazon named Harrow the Ninth one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the year.{{Cite web |last=locusmag |date=2020-11-23 |title=Amazon's Best Books of 2020 |url=https://locusmag.com/2020/11/amazons-best-books-of-2020/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}
In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named Nona the Ninth one of the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the year.{{Cite web |title=Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2022/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}} Audible named the audio recording as one of the best science fiction audiobooks of the year.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-11-21 |title=Audible Best SF Audiobooks |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/11/audible-best-sf-audiobooks/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}
Publications
=The Locked Tomb=
- {{cite book |last=m |title=Gideon the Ninth |year=2019 |title-link=Gideon the Ninth |isbn=978-1250313195 |author-mask=2 |publisher=Tor Books}}
- {{cite book |last=m |title=Harrow the Ninth |year=2020 |title-link=Harrow the Ninth |isbn=978-1250313225 |author-mask=2 |publisher=Tor Books}}
- {{cite book |last=m |title=Nona the Ninth |year=2022 |title-link=Nona the Ninth |isbn=978-1250854117 |author-mask=2 |publisher=Tor Books}}
- {{cite book |last=m |title=Alecto the Ninth |title-link= |isbn= |author-mask=2 |publisher=Tor Books}}
== Related short stories ==
- 0.5 {{cite journal |date=2020 |title=The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex |url= |journal=Tor |volume= |issue= |pages=|last=m|author-mask=2}}
- 2.5 {{cite journal |date=2021 |title=As Yet Unsent |journal=Harrow the Ninth |edition=trade paperback reprint |isbn=978-1250313218 |last=m |author-mask=2}}
- 3.5 {{cite journal |date=2023 |title=The Unwanted Guest |journal=Nona the Ninth |edition=trade paperback |isbn=978-1250899132 |last=m |author-mask=2}}
== Essays ==
- {{cite journal |date=2020 |title=A Little Explanation on Naming Systems |journal=Gideon the Ninth |edition=trade paperback reprint |isbn=978-1250313188 |last=m |author-mask=2}}
=Novellas=
- {{cite book |last=m |title=Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower |year=2020 |title-link=Princess Floralinda and the Forty Flight Tower |isbn=978-1596069923 |language=en |author-mask=2 |publisher=Subterranean Press}}
=Short stories=
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!Year ! width="25%" |TitleShort stories unless otherwise noted. !First published !Reprints !Ref |
| 2011
|"The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time" |{{cite journal |date=February 2011 |title=The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time |url=https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/11/fiction-archive/the-house-that-made-the-sixteen-loops-of-time/ |journal=Fantasy Magazine |volume= |issue=47 |pages=}} | |
|---|
| 2012
|"The Magician's Apprentice" |{{cite journal |date=Winter 2012 |title=The Magician's Apprentice |url= |journal=Weird Tales |volume=66.3 |issue=359 |pages=36–38}} |{{cite journal |date=September 2017 |title=The Magician's Apprentice |url=https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-magicians-apprentice/ |journal=Lightspeed Magazine |volume= |issue=88 |pages=}} |
| 2013
|"Chew" |{{cite journal |date=January 2013 |title=Chew |url=https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/chew/ |journal=Nightmare Magazine |volume= |issue=4 |pages=}} | |
| rowspan="3" |2015
|"The Woman in the Hill" |{{cite journal |date=2015 |title=The Woman in the Hill |url= |journal=Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror |volume= |issue= |pages=}} |{{cite journal |date=December 2017 |title=The Woman in the Hill |url=https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-woman-in-the-hill/|journal=Nightmare Magazine |volume= |issue=63 |pages=}} |
| "The Deepwater Bride"
|{{cite journal |date=July–August 2015 |title=The Deepwater Bride |url= |journal=F&SF |volume=129 |issue=1&2 |pages=8–31}} | |
| "Union"
|{{cite journal |date=December 2015 |title=Union |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/muir_12_15/ |journal=Clarkesworld |volume= |issue=111 |pages=20–32}} | |
| 2020
|"The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex" |{{cite journal |date=July 29, 2020 |title=The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/07/29/the-mysterious-study-of-dr-sex-tamsyn-muir/ |journal=Tor |volume= |issue= |pages=}} | |
| 2022
|"As Yet Unsent" |{{cite journal |date=2021 |title=As Yet Unsent |url= |journal=Harrow the Ninth |volume= |issue=}} |{{cite journal |date=June 8, 2022 |title=As Yet Unsent |url=https://www.tor.com/2022/06/08/as-yet-unsent-tamsyn-muir/ |journal=Tor |volume= |issue= |pages=}} |
| 2022
|"Undercover" |{{cite journal |date=15 November 2022 |title=Undercover |url= |journal=Amazon Original Stories |volume= |issue= |pages=}} | |
| 2023
|"The Unwanted Guest" |{{cite journal |date=2023 |title=The Unwanted Guest |url= |journal=Nona the Ninth |volume= |issue= |pages=}} |[https://reactormag.com/the-unwanted-guest-tamsyn-muir/ "The Unwanted Guest."] Reactor. 18 September 2024. |
=Webcomics and graphic novels=
References
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External links
- [http://tamsynmuir.com Official website]
- [https://tazmuir.tumblr.com/ Professional Tumblr]
- [https://urbananchorite.tumblr.com/ Previous Tumblr (2011–2015)]
- {{ISFDB name|id=170925|name=Tamsyn Muir}}
- [http://www.sfadb.com/Tamsyn_Muir Tamsyn Muir] at the Sci-fi Awards Database
- [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6876324.Tamsyn_Muir Tamsyn Muir] on Goodreads
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