12 Facts About Seanan McGuire

In 2013, McGuire received a record five Hugo nominations in total, two for works as Grant and three under her own name.

Seanan McGuire was born in California and attended University of California, Berkeley.

Seanan McGuire identifies as pansexual, bisexual, and demisexual and writes numerous queer characters into her work.

Seanan McGuire has published filk music, poetry, short fiction, essays, and novels.

Seanan McGuire's earliest publication was a contribution to the June 2002 poetry anthology Speculon.

Seanan McGuire produced the musical album Pretty Little Dead Girl in 2006 and published her first short story to the Edge of Propinquity in 2008.

Seanan McGuire is the author of the Spider-Gwen series and has contributed to several other franchises.

Seanan McGuire's works appear in anthologies edited by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, and John Joseph Adams.

Seanan McGuire holds the record for most Hugo Award nominations in a single year, with five nominations in 2013.

Seanan McGuire was the first author to win the American Library Association's Alex Awards for two consecutive years.

Seanan McGuire has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series every year since its inception in 2017.

In 2012, Seanan McGuire was inducted in to the Darrell Awards Hall of Fame for the best American Mid-South regional speculative fiction.