World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Lee Murray

りー・まれー

Rī Murē

Aliases: Lee Wei-Hahn Murray

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965-01-01 （Putāruru）
Nationality
New Zealand
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Putāruru, New Zealand → Tauranga, New Zealand

Career

Occupations
Author, Editor, Scientist, OECD advisor
Active Years
2012-2025
Memberships
Horror Writers Association, Australian Horror Writers Association, New Zealand Society of Authors
Nominations
2018 Bram Stoker Award Short Fiction "Dead End Town", 2019 Bram Stoker Award Novel "Into the Ashes", 2023 Bram Stoker Award Long Fiction "Despatches"

Awards

Sir Julius Vogel Award
2015
Work: Inside Ferndale
Category: Short Story
Organization: SFFANZ
Result: Winner
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2017
Work: Into the Mist
Category: Novel
Organization: SFFANZ
Result: Winner
Bram Stoker Award
2020
Work: Grotesque: Monster Stories
Category: Fiction Collection
Organization: Horror Writers Association
Result: Winner
Bram Stoker Award
2021
Work: Permanent Damage
Category: Short Fiction
Organization: Horror Writers Association
Result: Winner
Bram Stoker Award
2021
Work: Tortured Willows
Category: Poetry Collection
Organization: Horror Writers Association
Result: Winner
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
2025
Category: Services to literature
Organization: New Zealand Government
Result: Winner
Australian Shadows Award
2018
Work: Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror
Category: Edited Work
Organization: Australian Horror Writers
Result: Winner
NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
2023
Work: Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud
Organization: New Zealand Society of Authors
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Inside Ferndale

2015 Horror

A horror short story set inside Ferndale.

horrorclaustrophobia

Into the Mist

2017 Science Fiction Military Thriller

First book in the Taine McKenna Adventures series. A New Zealand Army medic faces threats in the mist.

militarysupernaturalmonsters

Into the Sounds

2018 Science Fiction Military Thriller

Second in the Taine McKenna series.

militarysupernatural

Into the Ashes

2019 Science Fiction Military Thriller

Third in the Taine McKenna series.

militarysupernatural

Grotesque: Monster Stories

2020 Horror Collection

Collection of monster stories.

monstershorror

Bibliography

  • Battle of the Birds
  • Cave Fever
  • Into the Mist
  • Into the Sounds
  • Into the Ashes
  • Misplaced
  • Grotesque: Monster Stories

Style & Themes

Literary Style
military thrillerssupernatural crime-noirspeculative fiction
Recurring Motifs
monsterssubterranean terrorunquiet women

Health

  • anxiety and depression
    現在
    Affects her daily life and writing, but also fuels her horror themes.

Legacy

Renowned science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer and editor, with five Bram Stoker Awards and twelve Sir Julius Vogel Awards. Appointed ONZM for services to speculative literature.

In Popular Culture

  • Called New Zealand's Stephen King.

Trivia

  • Third-generation Chinese New Zealander.
  • Co-founder of Young New Zealand Writers.
  • Has written over forty works.