Mur Lafferty is the award for the 2013 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. It is the award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2011 or 2012, It is sponsored by Dell Magazines. It is not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards. It means she is awesome!

Check out her podcast at: http://murverse.com/

Buy her book “The Shambling GUide to New York City” at http://www.amazon.com/The-Shambling-Guide-York-City/dp/0316221171/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357253520&sr=8-1&keywords=shambling+guide+to+new+york