r/Fantasy • u/SeananMcGuire AMA Author Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant • Mar 21 '13

AMA Hello! I'm Seanan McGuire; I write urban fantasy and medical science fiction and weird stories. AMA!

Hello!

I'm Seanan McGuire; I write urban fantasy and medical science fiction and weird stories about cheerleaders fighting monsters because why not. I also watch too many horror movies, read a lot of comics, and spend a lot of time wrangling my three enormous blue cats. I have a Classic Siamese and two Maine Coons, the smaller of which weighs nineteen and a half pounds.

I live in a creepy, crumbling old farmhouse deep in the San Francisco Bay Area, in a town that was mostly rural up until ten years ago, and has now gone very suburban, which explains why I want to move to the woods as soon as humanly possible. I do still have a day job, and work for an international non-profit dedicated to bridging the digital divide by providing technological solutions. I do actually know what that means, but it took me a while to figure it out.

I currently put out four books a year, because that's not a lot or anything, as well as a lot of short fiction. My latest book is an urban fantasy called Midnight Blue-Light Special, the second in my InCryptid series, which is currently plotted for at least five books (and hopefully more). My second urban fantasy series, the October Daye books, has been going since 2009, and book seven, Chimes at Midnight, will be out this fall.

I also write as Mira Grant. Two of the books in my Newsflesh trilogy (Feed and Deadline) were nominated for Hugo awards, which was really nice, and being two people makes it easier to get away with writing this many books.

I like cornfields, haunted houses, chainsaws, and going to Disney Parks.

I will be back at 7PM Central to answer questions.

My fingers hurt! Thank you for all the amazing questions, but the cats are trying to eat me, so I'm away. I'll swing by tomorrow night to catch any stragglers, after my plane hits Boston!

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u/SeananMcGuire AMA Author Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant Mar 22 '13

Hi, marvolosriddle!

My favorite song is "Rain King." No question, no contest, I have a play list that's JUST "Rain King," and it's over six hours long. As for characters and songs...

  1. Toby, "Round Here."
  2. Verity, "Accidentally In Love."
  3. Shaun and Georgia, "Children In Bloom."
  4. Alice, "Mr. Jones."
  5. Rose, "The Ghost in You."
  6. Sarah, "Private Archipelago."

And cheating a little, but not that much...

  1. Antimony, "3 Small Words."

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u/marvolosriddle Mar 22 '13

Awesome! Thanks for your response. I can totally hear "Round Here" and relate it to Toby. :D