In the 148th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Campbell Award Nominated Author and Award Winning Podcaster Mur Lafferty.
About Mur Lafferty:
Mur Lafferty is an author, podcaster, and editor. She lives in Durham, NC, with her husband and 10 year old daughter.
- Books: Starting with podcast-only titles, Mur has written several books and novellas. Her first professionally published book, The Shambling Guide to New York City, is in book stores now. She writes urban fantasy, superhero satire, afterlife mythology, and Christmas stories.
- Podcasts: She has been podcasting since 2004 when she started her essay-focused show, Geek Fu Action Grip. Then she started the award-winning I Should Be Writing in 2005, which is still going today. She was the editor of Escape Pod from 2010-2012, and she also runs the Angry Robot Books podcast.
- Nonfiction: Mur has written for several magazines including Knights of the Dinner Table, Anime Insider, and The Escapist.
Mur is studying for her MFA in Popular Fiction at the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine.
This week’s Picks:
- John: Game of Thrones (HBO)
- Mur: Betas (Amazon)
- Patrick: Arrested Development S4 (Netflix)
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