Lee Murray (born 1965) is a New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer and editor.[1] She is a third generation Chinese New Zealander who has written over forty works.[2] She is a five-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a twelve-time winner of the Sir Julius Vogel Award. She is most noted for her Taine McKenna military thrillers, and supernatural crime-noir series The Path of Ra.[3][4]
Lee Murray | |
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| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Editor |
| Notable work | Taine McKenna Adventures Series |
| Awards | Bram Stoker, Sir Julius Vogel |
Biography
editMurray was born in Putāruru, Waikato.[1] She previously worked as a scientist and an advisor for the OECD.[1] She is the co-founder of Young New Zealand Writers with Piper Mejia, an organization which has provided development and publishing opportunities for New Zealand school students.[1][5] She suffers from anxiety and depression.[6] She currently lives in Tauranga.[7]
Awards
editHer anthologies Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror and Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women won the Bram Stoker Award for "Superior Achievement in an Anthology" in 2018[8] and 2020 respectively, while her collection Grotesque: Monster Stories won the "Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection " category in 2020.[9] Other works have won the Australian Shadows and Sir Julius Vogel awards.[10] She was the winner of the 2019 Bram Stoker Mentor of the year award.[11] She is a professional member of the Horror Writers Association,[12] Australian Horror Writers Association,[13] and the New Zealand Society of Authors.[14] In 2020 she was awarded the New Zealand Society of Authors Honorary Literary Fellowship.[15] In 2021 she was awarded the Grimshaw Sargeson 2021 Fellowship.[16] She won the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023 with her manuscript Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud.[17][18]
Works as author
edit| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bram Stoker | 2018 | Superior Achievement in Short Fiction | "Dead End Town" | Nominee | [8] |
| Bram Stoker | 2019 | Superior Achievement in a Novel | Into the Ashes | Nominee | [19] |
| Bram Stoker | 2020 | Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection | Grotesque: Monster Stories (Things in the Well) | Winner | [9] |
| Bram Stoker | 2021 | Superior Achievement in Short Fiction | Permanent Damage | Winner | [20] |
| Bram Stoker | 2021 | Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection | Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken' by Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn' | Winner | [20] |
| Bram Stoker | 2022 | Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction | I Don’t Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales)' | Winner | [21] |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2012 | Best Youth Novel | Battle of the Birds | Winner | |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2013 | Best Short Story | Hope is the thing with feathers | Winner | |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2014 | Best Novella | Cave Fever | Winner | |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2015 | Best Short Story | Inside Ferndale | Winner | [22] |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2016 | Best Short Story | The Thief's Tale | Winner | |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2017 | Best Novel: Into the Mist | Into the Mist | Winner | |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2017 | Services To Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror | Winner | ||
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2018 | Best Novel | Hounds of the Underworld | Winner | |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2019 | Best Novel | Into the Sounds | Winner |
Works as editor
edit| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bram Stoker | 2018 | Superior Achievement in an Anthology | Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror | Nominee | [8] |
| Bram Stoker | 2020 | Superior Achievement in an Anthology | Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women | Winner | [9] |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2014 | Best Collected Work | Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror | Winner | |
| Sir Julius Vogel | 2017 | Best Collected Work | At the Edge | Winner | |
| Australian Shadow | 2018 | Edited Work | Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror | Winner | |
| Aurealis | 2020 | Best Anthology | Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women | Nominee | [23][24] |
| Australian Shadow | 2020 | Edited Work | Midnight Echo #15 | Winner | [25] |
Bibliography
edit| Work | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Contributor | 2016 | The Refuge Collection Book 1: Heaven to Some |
| Editor | 2017 | Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror |
| Contributor | 2018 | Beneath the Waves: Tales from the Deep (4) (Things in the Well) |
| Editor | 2020 | Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women |
| Editor | 2013 | Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror |
| Contributor | 2019 | HWA Poetry Showcase Volume VI |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Tauranga's Lee Murray is one of NZ's best science fiction and fantasy writers". New Zealand Herald. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Writer: Lee Murray - Writers • Auckland Writers Festival". www.writersfestival.co.nz. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Bay of Plenty horror fiction author Lee Murray wins Bram Stoker Award". New Zealand Herald. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Kiwi writer Lee Murray wins two prestigious Bram Stoker Awards® by the Horror Writers Association". Focus Magazine. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "About us". Young NZ Writers. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Lee Murray (30 October 2019). "Horror, in real life: writers and their mental illness demons". Newsroom. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Black cranes and monster stories". SunLive. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "2018 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "2020 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Eleanor Wenman (26 June 2017). "'Exotic' Kiwi sci-fi makes a mark overseas". Stuff. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Mentor of the Year Award – The Bram Stoker Awards". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Murray, Lee – The Bram Stoker Awards". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Australasian Horror Writers Association". Australasian Horror Writers Association. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Lee Murray | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Society of Authors Waitangi Day Honours announced". ReadNZ. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "A Murder Mystery Novel And A Series Of Prose Poems For Grimshaw Sargeson's 2021 Fellowship | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023 winner!". NZSA: The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Horror author Lee Murray is NZ's Stephen King". Now To Love. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "2019 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "2022 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Wellingtonians scoop up book awards". Cook Strait News. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2021 – via Issuu.com.
- ^ "Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced". 6 April 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Tehani (31 March 2021). "2020 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement". Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ locusmag (11 June 2021). "2020 Australian Shadows Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Lee Murray". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 30 May 2021.