Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire
b. 5 January 1978 · From United States- Books
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Seanan McGuire (born January 5, 1978, in Martinez, California) is an American author of urban fantasy, science fiction and horror. She writes the October Daye and InCryptid urban fantasy series and the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series under her own name, science fiction and horror as Mira Grant, and the children's portal fantasy "Up-and-Under" series as A. Deborah Baker. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2010 and has since won multiple Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards.
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Fiction Fantasy Science Fiction Urban Fantasy Paranormal
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Every Heart a Doorway
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Wayward Children #1
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Beneath the Sugar Sky
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Wayward Children #3
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In an Absent Dream
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Wayward Children #4
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Come Tumbling Down
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Wayward Children #5
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Down among the sticks and bones
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Seanan McGuire also writes urban fantasy and horror under the name Mira Grant, and children's portal fantasy as A. Deborah Baker.
Seanan McGuire has won multiple Hugo Awards, Nebula Awards, Locus Awards, and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
For fantasy readers, a good starting point is the Wayward Children novella series, beginning with "Every Heart a Doorway." For science fiction and horror fans, the Newsflesh series, starting with "Feed," is a popular entry point under her Mira Grant pseudonym.
The Wayward Children series has been optioned for television adaptation.
Yes — she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (now the Astounding Award) in 2010, recognizing her as a new author rather than for any single book. She has since won multiple Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards for individual works.