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
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Heaven
2006
2
Hell
2007
3
Earth
2007
4
Wasteland
2008
5
War
2009
6
Stones
2015
Bookburners Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
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
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
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
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Station Eternity
2022
2
Chaos Terminal
2023
3
Infinite Archive
2025
Minecraft Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
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
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Pawn, Deception, and Sacrifice
2011
The Shambling Guides Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Shambling Guide to New York City
2013
2
The Ghost Train to New Orleans
2014
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
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
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Ophelia Network
2022
Collections
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers and Other Stories
2012
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
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
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
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)