“I do a lot of urban fantasy, which is modern-day cities, but you've got magic, you've got fairies running around, or cryptozoological creatures running around, and I'm pulling very heavily on my background as a folklore major and having done some animation work and all of that, and I'm pulling from the modern fairy tale narrative.”

American author and filker

Seanan McGuire is an American author and filker known for urban fantasy and comics. She writes under her own name and under the pseudonyms Mira Grant and A. Deborah Baker. Her work includes urban fantasy novels and Spider-Gwen comic books. As Mira Grant, she has written science fiction and horror, including Aliens: Echo. As A. Deborah Baker, she writes the children's portal fantasy series Up-and-Under.