1. In 2013, McGuire received a record five Hugo nominations in total, two for works as Grant and three under her own name.
13 Facts About Seanan McGuire
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Seanan McGuire was born on January 5,1978, in Martinez, California.
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Seanan McGuire attended University of California, Berkeley, where she studied folklore and herpetology.
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Seanan McGuire has published filk music, poetry, short fiction, essays, and novels.
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Seanan McGuire's earliest publication was a contribution to the June 2002 poetry anthology Speculon.
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Seanan McGuire produced the musical album Pretty Little Dead Girl in 2006 and published her first short story in The Edge of Propinquity in 2008.
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Seanan McGuire is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, the Horror Writers Association, and the Book View Cafe publishing cooperative.
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Seanan McGuire's works appear in anthologies edited by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, and John Joseph Adams.
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Seanan McGuire holds the record for most Hugo Award nominations in a single year, with five nominations in 2013.
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Seanan McGuire was the first author to win the American Library Association's Alex Awards for two consecutive years.
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Seanan McGuire has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series every year since its inception in 2017.
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In 2012, Seanan McGuire was inducted in to the Darrell Awards Hall of Fame for the best American Mid-South regional speculative fiction.
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Seanan McGuire was diagnosed as autistic in 2020 and has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.