Seanan McGuire

4 universes Last reviewed 2026-08-26

Seanan McGuire is an American author and filker born January 5, 1978, in Martinez, California. She studied folklore and herpetology at UC Berkeley and worked at a reptile rescue organization before writing full-time; her first short story was published in 2008. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2010, and is known for the Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning Wayward Children series, as well as the October Daye and InCryptid series; she also writes under the pseudonyms Mira Grant, for science fiction and horror including the Feed series, and A. Deborah Baker, for a children's portal-fantasy series. She also wrote Spider-Gwen comics for Marvel from 2018 to 2020. Her additional honors include the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novella, Hugo Awards for Best Novella in 2017 and 2023, the 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series for Wayward Children, and three consecutive Alex Awards, making her the first author to achieve that.

Universe(s)

Books

• Rosemary and Rue (2009) · October Daye Core Canon
• A Local Habitation (2010) · October Daye Core Canon
• An Artificial Night (2010) · October Daye Core Canon
• Late Eclipses (2011) · October Daye Core Canon
• One Salt Sea (2011) · October Daye Core Canon
• Ashes of Honor (2012) · October Daye Core Canon
• Discount Armageddon (2012) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Chimes at Midnight (2013) · October Daye Core Canon
• Midnight Blue-Light Special (2013) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Half-Off Ragnarok (2014) · InCryptid Core Canon
• The Winter Long (2014) · October Daye Core Canon
• A Red-Rose Chain (2015) · October Daye Core Canon
• Pocket Apocalypse (2015) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Chaos Choreography (2016) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Every Heart a Doorway (2016) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Once Broken Faith (2016) · October Daye Core Canon
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones (2017) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Magic for Nothing (2017) · InCryptid Core Canon
• The Brightest Fell (2017) · October Daye Core Canon
• Beneath the Sugar Sky (2018) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Night and Silence (2018) · October Daye Core Canon
• Tricks for Free (2018) · InCryptid Core Canon
• In an Absent Dream (2019) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Middlegame (2019) · Alchemical Journeys Core Canon
• That Ain't Witchcraft (2019) · InCryptid Core Canon
• The Unkindest Tide (2019) · October Daye Core Canon
• A Killing Frost (2020) · October Daye Core Canon
• Come Tumbling Down (2020) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Imaginary Numbers (2020) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Across the Green Grass Fields (2021) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Calculated Risks (2021) · InCryptid Core Canon
• When Sorrows Come (2021) · October Daye Core Canon
• Be the Serpent (2022) · October Daye Core Canon
• Seasonal Fears (2022) · Alchemical Journeys Core Canon
• Spelunking Through Hell (2022) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Where the Drowned Girls Go (2022) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Backpacking Through Bedlam (2023) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Lost in the Moment and Found (2023) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Sleep No More (2023) · October Daye Core Canon
• The Innocent Sleep (2023) · October Daye Core Canon
• Aftermarket Afterlife (2024) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (2024) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Tidal Creatures (2024) · Alchemical Journeys Core Canon
• Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (2025) · Wayward Children Core Canon
• Installment Immortality (2025) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Silver and Lead (2025) · October Daye Core Canon
• Butterfly Effects (2026) · InCryptid Core Canon
• Through Gates of Garnet and Gold (2026) · Wayward Children Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

These are separate, unrelated universes; the totals below are plain sums of already-published per-universe facts, never a blended or averaged score across them. See each universe's own figures above.

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 48 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 15 (4 won, 3 finalist mention, 8 nomination)

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