Lee Murray author, editor
Learn more about Lee and her work: articles, podcasts, vlogs
On Anxiety, Depression, Creativity, and Wellbeing:
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Horror in Real Life, by Lee Murray, Newsroom
Staring Down the Darkness, Lee Murray and Tabbatha Wood, Gingernuts of Horror.
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Out of the Darkness, Lee Murray and Dave Jeffery, Horror Writers Association.
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In Defense of Monster Stories: Lee Murray, on Gingernuts of Horror.
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Holistic Horrors: Portrayals of Dementia in Horror by Lee Murray
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Writing in the Pandemic:
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Writing from my Bubble by Lee Murray, on Join Me in the Madhouse by Stephanie Wytovich.
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The Backstory of the Poem on Chris Rice Cooper's Blogsite.
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Pandemic Horror: Interview by Silvia Canton Rondini
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A Vindication of Monsters: Lee Murray
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Women in Horror:
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Women in Horror, by Lee Murray (interview with Claire Fitzpatrick)
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WiHM: Western Asian Perspectives on Being Perpetual Outsiders, with Geneve Flynn, The Horror Tree
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WiHM: Unquiet: A Reading List of Asian Women in Horror, With Geneve Flynn, The Horror Tree
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Lee Franklin's Women in Horror Series: Lee Murray
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Women in Horror 2022: Interview with Lee Murray
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Grimoire of Horror 2022: Celebrating Women in Horror Month
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Heritage and Culture
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GDM Of Home and Heritage, by Lee Murray (essay).
Asian Horror
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New Zealand Gothic
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Underworld Gothic by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, HWA Halloween Haunts, Oct 2017
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Landscape and Magical Places. A Chat with Shadow Atlas editor Hillary Dodge
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Magical Systems
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The Supernatural Underground (Lee Murray interviewed by Helen Lowe)
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Collaborative Writing:
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Lumberjacks Are Okay: Collaborative Writing, by Lee Murray, (published first in Breachzine 2018)
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Writing in General:
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Research: The Lifeblood of a Story, by Lee Murray, in Sci Fi & Scary
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Chilling Chat with Naching T Kassa: Interview with Lee Murray on HorrorAddicts.net
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3Qs Lee Murray is Here to Share the Love, interview with Steve Stred
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Editing
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2021 Editor of the Year, Lit Retreat, interviewed by Nisar Sufi
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These Six Horror Anthologists are Masterful Curators of Terror in Line Up by Becky Spratford
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Poetry
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HWA Poetry Roundtable: Ladies of Verse Part 1
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The Pantoum: A Recurring Force in Asian Poetry by Lee Murray, in Blood and Spades by Marge Simon.
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Book to film:
Australian Times News: Book to Film. What Makes a Story Cinematic?
Bram Stoker Award Responses & Articles:
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Press releases on Creative Bay of Plenty/NZ Kete/Coalition of New Zealand Books
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Big Idea Editor (2021) Arts Uproar Won't Go Away: Stoked Over Stokers. The Big Idea. 27 May 2021
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Tomes and Tales: Interview with Lee Murray, Part 1
Tomes and Tales: Interview with Lee Murray, Part 2
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Sunday Star Times, Book Reviews, Focus, What I'm Reading: Lee Murray, June 6, 2021, pg 25.
https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/sunday-star-times/20210606/282024740192685
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Garicia, Maryana (2021) Bay of Plenty fiction author wins Bram Stoker Award. Bay of Plenty Times/ Herald , 31 May 2021.
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The Weekend Sun, Black Cranes and Monster Stories, Rosalie Liddle, Friday 13 August, 2021
https://theweekendsun.co.nz/news/11200-black-cranes-and-monster-stories.html
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2020 Bram Stoker Awards ceremony recorded livestream.
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NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
Press release: Announcing the 2023 Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize winner.
https://authors.org.nz/announcing-the-nzsa-laura-solomon-cuba-press-prize-2023-winner/
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Radio New Zealand with Libby McLeod.
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Some Interviews with Lee:
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Wellington Libraries: Award-winning Writer Lee Murray, Part ONE, Part TWO, Part THREE.
Voices from the Well, by Lee Murray (with Tabbatha Wood)
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Australian SF Snapshot 2020: Lee Murray
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Kendall Reviews Graveyard Shift with Lee Murray
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Sci-Fi and Scary Interview with Lee Murray
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Thousand Scars Blog: Authors in Isolation
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Weird Tales: Interview Lee Murray
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Creative Patapatai (Creative Bay of Plenty) Lee Murray
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Focus Magazine: Reaching Out to Young Writers, by Jenny Argante
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HP Lovecast Podcast Review #36 with Michele Brittany and Nicholas Diak: Cthulu Deep Down Under II.
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Podcasts and Vlogs
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Russ's Rocking Rollercoaster Vlog. Interview with Lee Murray, May 2023. 1 hour.
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Halloween 2020: Impromptu ghost story game with Angela Yuriko Smith and friends
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Author Interview with E.G Stone for Sci-Fi Fantasy Focus, 2020
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Author in Focus Podcast with JMD Reid, 2020
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Eating the Fantastic Podcast interview with Scott Edelman, 2020
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Galactic Terrors Reading Series, January 2021.
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HP Lovecraft Podcast with Michele Brittany and Nicholas Diak (Episode 7, Feb 2021)
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Project Tempest with Colin Roswell, October 2021 (1hr 20)
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HP Lovecast Podcast: Attack of the 80s with Lee Murray, Jennifer Barnes, and Rena Mason
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New Horror Express with Scott Murphy: Interview with Lee Murray
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Bohemiana with George Penney: Interview with Lee Murray
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House of Mystery Radio on NBC, interviewed by Al Warren and Eric Shapiro (Oct 2022)
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Dear Writer, with Sarah Anderson and Ashley Lindsay.
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Behind the Keyboard #5 with RF Blackstone: Lee Murray March 2021 (2 hours)
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The AHWA's Redback Room with Kyla Lee Ward: Lee Murray & Dan Rabarts, August 2021 (1 hour)
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READ FOR PIXELS 2021: Storytelling and Justice for Women in Speculative Fiction, Sept 2021Regina Yau, Nisi Shawl, Dana Cameron, and Lee Murray ( 1 hour)
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Vlog interview with AF Stewart on Anthologies for Crystal Lake, Sept 2023.
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