Mur Lafferty

Mur Lafferty is a accomplished author and podcaster, born on July 25, 1973 and residing in Durham, North Carolina. Lafferty is known for her award-winning podcasts, which she began producing in late 2004. She has been inducted into the Hall of Fame for podcasters and is the host of the Hugo-winning podcast Ditch Diggers and the long-running I Should Be Writing.

Lafferty has made a significant impact in the field of podcasting, winning several awards for her work. In 2008, she won a Parsec for Best Novella Podcast for her novella called “Wasteland”. She was also the recipient of the John Campbell Award for best new writer in 2013, the Manly Wade Wellman Award in 2014 and 2015, and the Best Fancast Hugo Award in 2017. In addition to this, she joined the Podcast Hall of Fame in 2015, its inaugural year.

In addition to her podcasting, Lafferty is also a successful author. She has written several novels and novellas, including the Hugo and Nebula nominated novel Six Wakes, The Shambling Guides series, and the award-winning Afterlife series. She is also part of the team that writes Bookburners. Her work has been nominated for several awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, Philip K. Dick, and Manly Wade Wellman Best Novel nominee in 2018 (Six Wakes) and Hugo Best Fancast nominee in 2017 (Ditch Diggers).

It is worth noting that Lafferty has also worked on other projects such as writing for magazines, roleplaying games, and audio and video podcasts. She has also been noted as the "doyenne of scifi podcasting" by Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net. She is an active and influential figure in the fields of both podcasting and science fiction literature.
The Afterlife Books
# Title Year
1 Heaven 2006
2 Hell 2007
3 Earth 2007
4 Wasteland 2008
5 War 2009
6 Stones 2015
Bookburners Books
# Title Year
1 A Sorcerer's Apprentice 2015
2 Badge, Book, and Candle ( By: Max Gladstone) 2015
3 Badge, Book, and Candle 2015
4 Under My Skin 2015
5 Shore Leave 2015
6 Creepy Town ( By: Max Gladstone) 2016
7 Creepy Town 2016
8 Bookburners ( By: Max Gladstone) 2016
9 Bookburners 2016
Galactic Football League Books
# Title Year
1 The Rookie ( By: Scott Sigler) 2007
2 The Rookie 2007
3 Title Fight (By: Scott Sigler, Matt Wallace) 2009
4 Title Fight 2009
5 The Starter ( By: Scott Sigler) 2010
6 The Starter 2010
7 The All-Pro ( By: Scott Sigler) 2011
8 The All-Pro 2011
9 The Reporter 2012
10 The Reporter (With: Scott Sigler) 2012
11 The MVP 2012
12 The MVP ( By: Scott Sigler) 2012
13 The Detective 2012
14 The Detective (By: Scott Sigler, Matt Wallace) 2012
15 The Champion 2014
16 The Champion ( By: Scott Sigler) 2014
17 The Rider (By: Scott Sigler, Paul E. Cooley) 2016
18 The Rider 2016
19 The Reef 2019
20 The Reef ( By: Scott Sigler) 2019
21 The Stone Wolves 2023
22 The Gangster (By: Scott Sigler) 2021
23 The Stone Wolves ( By: Scott Sigler) 2023
The Midsolar Murders Books
# Title Year
1 Station Eternity 2022
2 Chaos Terminal 2023
3 Infinite Archive 2025
Minecraft Books
# Title Year
1 The Island 2017
2 The Island ( By: Max Brooks) 2017
3 The Crash (By: Tracey Baptiste) 2018
4 Minecraft - Kollision: Roman 2018
5 The Crash 2018
6 The Lost Journals 2019
7 The End (By: Catherynne M. Valente) 2019
8 The Voyage (By: Jason Fry) 2020
9 The End 2019
10 The Rise of the Arch-Illager (By: Matt Forbeck) 2020
11 The Voyage 2020
12 The Rise of the Arch-Illager 2020
13 The Shipwreck (By: C.B. Lee) 2020
14 The Shipwreck 2020
15 The Mountain (By: Max Brooks) 2021
16 The Mountain 2021
17 The Dragon (By: Nicky Drayden) 2021
18 The Dragon 2021
19 Mob Squad (By: Delilah S. Dawson) 2021
20 Mob Squad 2021
21 The Haven Trials (By: Suyi Davies) 2021
22 The Haven Trials 2021
23 Never Say Nether (By: Delilah S. Dawson) 2022
24 Zombies! (By: Nick Eliopulos) 2022
25 Never Say Nether 2022
26 Don't Fear the Creeper (By: Delilah S. Dawson) 2022
27 Zombies! 2022
28 Don't Fear the Creeper 2022
29 Castle Redstone (By: Sarwat Chadda) 2022
30 Return of the Piglins ( By: Matt Forbeck) 2023
31 Castle Redstone 2022
32 Return Of The Piglins 2023
33 Zombies Return! (By: Nick Eliopulos, Mojang Studios) 2023
34 The Village (By: Max Brooks) 2023
35 The Village 2023
36 Minecraft Journey to the Ancient City (By: Danny Lore, Mojang Studios) 2025
37 The Temple of the Charged Creeper (By: Matt Forbeck) 2025
Shadowsfall Legends Books
# Title Year
1 Pawn, Deception, and Sacrifice 2011
The Shambling Guides Books
# Title Year
1 The Shambling Guide to New York City 2013
2 The Ghost Train to New Orleans 2014
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Playing For Keeps 2008
2 Nanovor: Hacked (With: Seth Johnson) 2010
3 Nanovor: Hacked 2010
4 Marco and the Red Granny 2010
5 Six Wakes 2017
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 The Ophelia Network 2022
Collections
# Title Year
1 Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers and Other Stories 2012
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 Tricks of the Podcasting Masters (With: Rob Walch) 2006
2 Tricks of the Podcasting Masters 2006
3 I Should Be Writing 2017
Star Wars: Movie Novelizations Books
# Title Year
1 A New Hope 1976
2 A New Hope (By: Alan Dean Foster, George Lucas) 1976
3 The Empire Strikes Back 1980
4 The Empire Strikes Back (By: Donald F. Glut) 1980
5 Return of the Jedi (By: James Kahn) 1983
6 Return of the Jedi 1983
7 The Phantom Menace 1999
8 The Phantom Menace (By: Terry Brooks, George Lucas) 1999
9 Attack of the Clones (By: R.A. Salvatore) 2002
10 Attack of the Clones 2002
11 Revenge of the Sith 2005
12 Revenge of the Sith (By: Matthew Woodring Stover) 2005
13 The Force Awakens ( By: Alan Dean Foster) 2015
14 The Force Awakens 2015
15 Rogue One 2016
16 Rogue One (By: Alexander Freed) 2016
17 The Last Jedi (By: Jason Fry) 2018
18 The Last Jedi 2018
19 Solo 2018
20 The Rise of Skywalker (By: Rae Carson) 2020
21 The Rise of Skywalker 2020
Mur Lafferty Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Game Master's Guide 2003
2 The Sovereign Era: Year One 2010
3 The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities 2011
4 Gimme Shelter 2012
5 Don't Read This Book 2012
6 Obsidian 2012
7 Have Blaster, Will Travel 2013
8 Story Behind the Book : Volume 1 2013
9 Escape Pod 2020