Mur Lafferty is a writer, podcast producer, gamer, runner, and geek. She is the host of the podcast I Should Be Writing and the co-host of Ditch Diggers. She is the winner of the 2013 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She is addicted to computer games, Zombies, Run!, and Star Wars LEGO. She lives in Durham, NC with her husband and daughter.
"The Shambling Guide to New York City shows that Mur Lafferty has
something different to bring to the urban fantasy genre. She's
created a character that can experience the human/non-human dynamic
via researching a travel guide, which we'd never see through the
usual detectives and ass-kicking central characters, and with
snappy dialogue, a creative cast and can-do central characters, we
have fun tagging along."--Gavin Pugh, tor.com
"A wild ride through the secret side of New York City, Mur
Lafferty's mighty debut is urban fantasy the way it should be:
fast, funny, with bags of action and characters you'll love. A
total delight from cover to cover."--Adam Christopher
"An engagingly funny, and fun, romp through NYC. You'll love Zoe...
to bits."--New York Times bestselling Tobias S. Buckell
"An extremely exciting and incredibly amusing
read."--SciFiNow.co.uk (5 stars)
"Charming debut... an enjoyable tour of the city's supernatural
side."--Publishers Weekly
"If Buffy grew up, got therapy and found a real job, it would look
like this."--Scott Sigler
"In Lafferty's entirely believable world, New York City is secretly
inhabited by vampires, zombies, fay folk, and assorted monsters.
... This is a funny, thoughtfully conceived, and thoroughly
entertaining romp that will be a sure bet for urban-fantasy readers
- and might even surprise people who don't think they'd enjoy a
paranormal novel."
--Booklist (Starred Review)
"Looking for a very different kind of travel guide? One that shows
you the real Manhattan? The one the tourists haven't discovered
yet, but the vampires and the watersprites have? Then The Shambling
Guide to New York City is just what you need! With really
interesting restaurant recs and sightseeing suggestions, and
unusual (to say the least) takes on the Statue of Liberty and
Grant's Tomb, it's got everything you need to know for the trip of
a lifetime--or longer! And with the smart and intrepid Zoe to show
you around, how could you possibly get in trouble? I give it 5
Michelin stars and 8 Zombie Planet Thumbs Up (with real
thumbs)!"
--Connie Willis
"Mur Lafferty is a bright, shining light in speculative fiction.
She brings a warm, humourous and startling fresh voice to the genre
in The Shambling Guide to New York City."
--Kaaron Warren
"Mur Lafferty's debut novel is a must-read book for those who like
their urban fantasy fast, furious, and funny. Terrific stuff!"--Kat
Richardson
"Shows exactly why so many writers have been buzzing about Mur
Lafferty for so many years: an unbeatable mixture of humor, heart,
imagination, and characterization. I want to live in Mur's New
York."--Cory Doctorow
"The hip, knowing and sometimes hysterically funny narrative,
interspersed with excerpts from the guide of the title, lurches
along in splendid fashion. Combine wit, style and acute
observation: the result is irresistible."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred
Review)
"The Shambling Guide to New York City is a monstrously fun romp by
one of our most engaging new authors."--Tim Pratt
"This is a great start to what promises to be one of the gems of
the comic urban fantasy crown. The Shambling Guide sets the
wonderful world of the supernatural--and the slightly more esoteric
world of travel guide publishing--on its ear, and the result is
nothing short of delightful."--New York Times bestselling author
Seanan McGuire
"Well-written and immersive...a travel series you'll definitely
want to stick with."--SFX
"What, you thought only humans wanted to travel? Monsters are
tourists, too."--New York Times bestseller Scott Sigler
"Without Mur Lafferty, the SF genre would be a much duller place.
Mur is constantly inventive, always great fun and deserves every
success."--Paul Cornell
"Zombies and vampires and golems, oh my! The Shambling Guide to New
York City rounds up the biggest cast of the undead and
never-quite-alive ever to appear in a single novel, along with a
wisecracking heroine whose picture belongs over the dictionary
entry for spunky. This is a comic tour-de-force by a writer who
lives and breathes popular culture. Mur Lafferty is throwing a
monster party and you're invited."
--James Patrick Kelly, Hugo and Nebula Award Winner
This entertaining urban fantasy is populated with fantastical beings who narrow the gap between the human and supernatural worlds. It seems that what supernatural creatures really want is a tourists' guide to the Big Apple-one written for the out-of-town monster, or coterie, as they prefer to be called. And that's what Underworld Publishing has hired Zoe Norris, a native (and human) New Yorker, to do. Zoe has returned to the city after a nasty experience with her former publisher/boyfriend and is desperate for a job, even if it means her new boss and coworkers are vampires, zombies, and an irresistible incubus. Morgen, a charming and cheerful water sprite, leads Zoe on a boisterous tour of coterie hot spots. VERDICT Lafferty, a 2012 nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer, introduces a spirited, indomitable heroine who is bound to be a favorite of urban fantasy devotees.-Deb West, Gannon Univ. Lib., Erie, PA (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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