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leemurraywriter.bsky.social

ONZM. USA Today bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson, and New Zealand Prime Minister's Award winner. Monster lover from Aotearoa. Represented by Becky LeJeune at Bond Literary.

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Thrilled to be judging the forthcoming New Zealand Poetry Society international poetry prize. Opens in March. www.poetrysociety.org.nz/announcing-o...

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Congratulations to all nominees at this year’s Bram Stoker Awards, especially @leemurraywriter.bsky.social with this masterpiece. I’ve been shouting so long about this incredible book, I’m hoarse. Buy it. Read it. Vote for it.

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Staci Layne Wilson interviews me about horror feature Grafted (currently streaming on Shudder). womeninhorror.com/reviews-%26-...

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Nine tails. Nine tales. Nine mortal lives - Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud by @leemurraywriter.bsky.social, wonderfully conceived and executed. My review: tinyurl.com/yenvjwp6 #YeahNoir #aotearoabooks

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

So delighted to appear with the lovely folk at Horror Makes Us Happy.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

New one's up! Today with @leemurraywriter.bsky.social (Into the Mist, Into the Ashes, Hounds of the Underworld) - night terrors, earthquakes, and a nice cuppa! youtu.be/1XOpiYC7Ta0 #horror #psychology #podcast #books #authors

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Ummm apparently you can now pre-order my book. Barnes and Noble, A*azon, and even Target!!! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-i-love...

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

HWA voting members, in accordance etc, I'm offering digital copies of FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD for consideration in the poetry category. Please check out the forthcoming HWA iMailer, DM me, or email leekiwi [at] gmail if you'd like to receive a copy.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Thrilled to announce that my friends at Squabbling Sparrows Press have re-released my Taine McKenna Adventure Into the Ashes. books2read.com/IntotheAshes

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

Final cover of SILK & SINEW, edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social. Art by @whereiseileen.bsky.social. Layout by @toddkeisling.com. With @nadiabulkin.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social @leemurraywriter.bsky.social and more! Coming this May. Pre-orders are LIVE. badhandbooks.com/preorders/si...

submitted 27 days ago • 10 comments

Absolutely thrilled and honoured to make New Zealand’s Ockham long list (for the first time!) for poetry with FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD alongside some Aotearoa poetry icons and some fresh new voices. Congrats to all my friends and colleagues on the long list. thespinoff.co.nz/books/30-01-...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

HWA voting members, in accordance etc, I'm offering digital copies of FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD for consideration in the poetry category. Please check out the forthcoming HWA iMailer, DM me, or email leekiwi [at] gmail if you'd like to receive a copy.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

If you have @shudder.com or AMC+ you absolutely need to watch Grafted this weekend! It’s full of blood and rage and it’s oh so great! Plus it’s co-written by the amazing @leemurraywriter.bsky.social!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Absolutely thrilled to see FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD on the Bram Stoker Preliminary Ballot alongside all these lovely friends.

submitted 33 days ago • 6 comments

Great review of GRAFTED, co-written by me, in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

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Yesterday I celebrated 35 years married to the best man I know. Here's to another 35 @davekiwi.bsky.social

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

Latest newsletter. I did a huge spring clean of inactive subscribers today, so if you didn't receive this newsletter (because I accidentally deleted you), or you'd like to subscribe, sign up is at the bottom of the page. www.leemurray.info/so/daPHXjhJq...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Just a few hours remaining before Bram Stoker recommendations close for the year. Any HWA members who'd like to receive last-minute copies of feature film script Grafted, or prose-poetry collection, Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud, please drop me a DM.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Congrats to @leemurraywriter.bsky.social on being named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her service to literature! Lee is a force to be reckoned with and we are so pleased to see her hard work being recognized with this honor. Read more on our blog: rawdogscreaming.com?p=9724

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment