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2017 Reading Challenge

Mur Lafferty has read 11 of 100 books.

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2016 Reading Challenge

Mur Lafferty read 80 books of her goal of 80!

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Mur Lafferty read 84 books of her goal of 60!

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Mur Lafferty read 42 books of her goal of 40!

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Mur Lafferty

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Humor

Influences

Neil Gaiman, Connie Willis, China Mieville, Madeline L'Engle

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Mur Lafferty is the author of The Shambling Guides series from Orbit books, as well as several self pubbed novels and novellas, including the award winning Afterlife series. She is the host of podcasts I Should Be Writing and Ditch Diggers. She is the recipient of the John Campbell Award for best new writer, the Manly Wade Wellman Award, and joined the Podcast Hall of Fame in its inaugural year.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 13,777 ratings · 1,623 reviews · 81 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Shambling Guide to New York City (The Shambling Guides, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,234 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing for Keeps 3.88 avg rating — 1,914 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Train to New Orleans (The Shambling Guides, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 1,236 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heaven 3.71 avg rating — 986 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell 3.93 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth 3.85 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wasteland 3.93 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War 3.96 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Wakes 4.09 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marco and the Red Granny by Mur Lafferty (Goodreads Author), Cheyenne Wright (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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ISBW #371: Writing as a relationship // Bookburners Interview

I usually use the boxing metaphor for writing, but I've been thinking it's more like a relationship. Plus Six Wakes and Bookburners both launched! Then I talk to my fellow Bookburners authors, Margaret Dunlap, Max Gladstone, and Brian Francis Slattery.

Series by Mur Lafferty

The Shambling Guides (2 books)
by Mur Lafferty (Goodreads Author)
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The Afterlife Series (5 books)
by Mur Lafferty (Goodreads Author)
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“Strength is taking charge of your own destiny and not waiting on others to do so. You don’t have to swear and drink and beat people up and slay monsters. You’re allowed to cry and take care of children and cook and get your heart broken and dress up and date and get pregnant. But when decisions have to be made, a strong character makes them and doesn’t wait for someone else.”
― Mur Lafferty

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“I should be writing ...”
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“...he felt as if he were trying to move a glacier with a frozen chicken.”
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Natchez Burning by Greg Iles

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Soulless by Gail Carriger

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Kumquat by Jeff Strand

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The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty

2 votes 15.4%

American Vampire by Jenny Trout

1 vote 7.7%

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow

1 vote 7.7%

The Consequences of Preserving Outlaws in Arsenic by Sam Maxfield

1 vote 7.7%

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

1 vote 7.7%

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“Why do only the awful things become fads? I thought. Eye-rolling and Barbie and bread pudding. Why never chocolate cheesecake or thinking for yourself?”
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“Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepants Hypotenuse."' Or else they get unbearably cutesy: 'My cat Ootsywootums has given me all my best ideas, hasn't oo, squeezums?”
― Connie Willis, The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories

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