Tamsyn Muir
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-07
Tamsyn Muir is a New Zealand novelist born March 14, 1985, in New South Wales, Australia; her family relocated to New Zealand when she was nine months old, and she grew up in Howick. She published her first short story in 2011 and holds a degree in education, having also attended the Clarion Writers' Workshop in 2010. She is best known for The Locked Tomb science fantasy series, beginning with Gideon the Ninth (2019), which won the 2020 Locus Award for Best First Novel and the 2020 Crawford Award, followed by Harrow the Ninth (2020) and Nona the Ninth (2022), with the series a finalist for the Hugo Award. Her other work includes the 2020 novella Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower. Muir has received multiple Hugo and Nebula Award nominations and won the 2022 Premio Ignotus for Foreign Novel. She lives in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Universe(s)
- Core Canon books: 3
- Current rank: #86 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 4.23
- Award recognitions: 2 won, 6 finalist mention, 2 nomination
Books
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- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 10 (2 won, 6 finalist mention, 2 nomination)
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Gideon the Ninth (2019) · The Locked Tomb Core Canon
Harrow the Ninth (2020) · The Locked Tomb Core Canon
Nona the Ninth (2022) · The Locked Tomb Core Canon