Mur Lafferty
Mur Lafferty (she/her) is a podcaster, author, and editor. She began podcasting in 2004 and in 2005 she launched the still-running podcast “I Should Be Writing," a podcast aimed at aspiring writers. She currently co-hosts the show “Ditch Diggers,” a business-focused podcast aimed at authors trying to make a career.
After writing several novellas and publishing them via podcast, her first book was released from Orbit in 2013: The Shambling Guide to New York City which won the Manly Wade Wellman Award. Her book Six Wakes, a science fiction mystery, came out a few years later and was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Philip K. Dick, and Manly Wade Wellman awards. Her current series, the Midsolar Murders, features murder mysteries aboard a sentient space station. The series has two books, the most recent being Chaos Terminal, published in November 2023.
Mur has also been the recipient of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2013 and was inducted into the podcast academy hall of fame in 2015.
She lives in Durham, NC with her family.