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.