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ⓘ About Mira Grant
Mira Grant is the pseudonym used by the famous American author Seanan McGuire, who likes to write her novels based on the horror, science fiction, and urban fantasy genres. She was born on January 5, 1978 in Martinez, California. For her prosperous writing career Grant was awarded with the John W Campbell Award in the year 2010 for being the Best New Writer. Since her debut in the year 2009, she has gone on to write and publish a number of detective and urban fantasy novels. Besides writing under her pen name, she also writes her novels under her original name. One of the novels written under her pen name was nominated for the Hugo Award in the year 2013 in the category of the Best Novel.
All Book Series by Mira Grant
San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats
Book 4 of 6 · published 2012
Phasma
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2017 Anthology · Delilah S. Dawson
Stormtroopers: Beyond the Armor
Book 4 of 8 · published 2017 Anthology · Ryder Windham,Adam Bray,John Boyega
The Rebel Files: Collected Intelligence of the Alliance
Book 6 of 8 · published 2017 Anthology · Daniel Wallace
Canto Bight
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2017 Co-authored · Saladin Ahmed,John Jackson Miller,Rae Carson
Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual
Book 2 of 20 · published 1995 Anthology · Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Aliens: The Set Photography
Book 3 of 20 · published 2016 Anthology · Simon Ward
Aliens: Bug Hunt
Book 4 of 20 · published 2017 Anthology · Heather Graham,Jonathan Maberry,Yvonne Navarro
Alien: Covenant Origins - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film
Book 6 of 20 · published 2017 Anthology · Titan Books
Alien - Inferno's Fall
Book 16 of 20 · published 2022 Anthology · Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija
Alien: Enemy of My Enemy
Book 18 of 20 · published 2023 Anthology · Mary SanGiovanni
Alien: Seventh Circle
Latest in the series · book 20 of 20 · published 2025 Anthology · Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija
Flesh and Blood
Book 7 of 13 · published 2007 Anthology · Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman
If It Bleeds
Book 11 of 13 · published 2017 Co-authored · Jonathan Maberry,Jeremy Robinson,Kevin J. Anderson,Bryan Thomas Schmidt,Tim Lebbon,Andrew Mayne,Steve Perry,Larry Correia,Dayton Ward
Hunters and Hunted Official Movie Prequel
Book 12 of 13 · published 2018 Anthology · James A. Moore
Stalking Shadows
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2020 Anthology · James A. Moore,Mark Morris
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 2009
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
Book 11 of 19 · published 2018
Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eighteen
Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2026
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2021
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mira Grant?
Mira Grant is the pseudonym used by the famous American author Seanan McGuire, who likes to write her novels based on the horror, science fiction, and urban fantasy genres. She was born on January 5, 1978 in Martinez, California. For her prosperous writing career Grant was awarded with the John W Campbell Award in the year 2010 for being the Best New Writer.
Which Mira Grant series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Newsflesh series, the earliest of Mira Grant's multi-book series: it opens with Feed (2010) and runs to 6 books across 2010–2016, ending with Feedback (2016). Mira Grant's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Mira Grant written?
Mira Grant has 91 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2026. 79 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Newsflesh Short Stories/Novellas series with 8 books — and 12 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Mira Grant's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mira Grant's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Newsflesh (2010–2016, 6 books), Newsflesh Short Stories/Novellas (2011–2018, 8 books) and Parasitology (2013–2015, 3 books), plus 2 more.
How are Mira Grant's books organised into series?
This guide splits Mira Grant's 91 books into 8 named series and 12 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Newsflesh Short Stories/Novellas (8 books, 2011–2018); Journey To Star Wars: The Last Jedi (8 books, 2017); Newsflesh (6 books, 2010–2016); Parasitology (3 books, 2013–2015); Rolling In The Deep (2 books, 2015–2017), plus 3 further series.