Tamsyn Muir

Tamsyn Muir
Born	Tamsyn Elizabeth Muir[1] (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 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

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.

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.^[2][3] In 2010, she earned a degree in education.^[2] She is also a 2010 graduate of the Clarion Workshop.^[4] She currently lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom.^[5][6] In 2014, she married Matt Hosty, a classicist in the University of Oxford, whom she met in the Homestuck fandom.^[7][8] Muir, who is a lesbian,^[9][10] describes their relationship as platonic and refers to Hosty as her "moirail".^[11]

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,^[12] the World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction,^[13] the Eugie Award,^[14] and the Shirley Jackson Award for best novelette.^[15]

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.^[16]

The second book in The Locked Tomb, Harrow the Ninth, was published in August 2020,^[17] and was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel.^[18] It was followed by Nona the Ninth in 2022. The fourth instalment, Alecto the Ninth, was initially announced for release in 2023,^[19] but a cover and release date have not been revealed. The most recent update, as of July 2024, is that Muir's publicist confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con that Muir was still writing the book.^[20]

Muir's fantasy novella Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower was published in July 2020.^[21] It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.^[22]

Muir wrote the teleplay for the twelfth episode of Secret Level, based on the video game Spelunky.

After completing The Locked Tomb, Tor will be publishing Muir's cyberpunk western novella trilogy, beginning with Go Marching In.^[23]

Audible named the audio recording as one of the best science fiction audiobooks of the year.^[24]

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

• 0.5 —— (2020). "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex". Tor.
• 2.5 —— (2021). "As Yet Unsent". Harrow the Ninth (trade paperback reprint ed.). ISBN 978-1250313218.
• 3.5 —— (2023). "The Unwanted Guest". Nona the Ninth (trade paperback ed.). ISBN 978-1250899132.

• —— (2020). "A Little Explanation on Naming Systems". Gideon the Ninth (trade paperback reprint ed.). ISBN 978-1250313188.

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

• Apothecia (written by Muir, drawn by Shelby Cragg) (2014)^[64]

• 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