Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked at a reptile rescue organization. McGuire frequently posts online about roleplaying games, My Little Pony, and caring for her menagerie of cats. She has described her interests as including "swamps, long walks, long walks in swamps, things that live in swamps, horror movies, strange noises, musical theater, reality TV, comic books, finding pennies on the street, and venomous reptiles." McGuire was born in California and attended University of California, Berkeley. In 2013, McGuire received a record five Hugo nominations in total, two for works as Grant and three under her own name. Her 2016 novella Every Heart a Doorway received a Nebula Award, Hugo Award, Locus Award, and Alex Award. Campbell Award for Best New Writer by the World Science Fiction Convention. Deborah Baker to write the "Up-and-Under" children's portal fantasy series. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/ horror and the pseudonym A. McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in born January 5, 1978, in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker. Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2020).Campbell Award for Best New Writer (2010) The result is a worthy, highly intelligent, wholly satisfying expansion of the Middlegame mythos that will leave readers wanting more. However complicated the premise and worldbuilding may be, it’s all held together by Harry and Melanie’s unwavering partnership, and the strength of family, both blood and found. As they master their seasonal affinities, they uncover secrets that have shaped their lives and influenced their destinies.
Succeed and they stay together fail and they both perish. To claim their mantles, they must travel cross-country to prove their worthiness in a magical trial, while battling their rival candidates, often to the death, along the way. A young woman named Jack Frost explains that Melanie and Harry are now candidates for the thrones of Winter and Summer respectively, the concept of seasons incarnated. Indeed, she dies during a high school football game-and promptly reanimates, her death just the start of a strange new adventure.
Teen Harry March has been madly devoted to his girlfriend, Melanie Cosgrove, for as long as he can remember, though her heart condition means she likely won’t live long enough to have a future with him. McGuire’s intricate, dense companion to 2020’s Middlegame delves ever deeper into the hidden alchemical history of her world, populating it with incarnate concepts and sinister agendas.
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