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Martha Wells
Martha Wells (born September 1, 1964) is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has published a number of science fiction and fantasy novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on SF/F subjects; her novels have been translated into twelve languages. Wells credits her academic background in anthropology for her interest in designing complex, realistically detailed societies within her novels.
She has won four Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards and three Locus Awards for her science fiction series The Murderbot Diaries. Wells is also known for her fantasy series Ile-Rien and The Books of the Raksura.
Martha Wells was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University in 1986. In college, she was involved in SF/F fandom and was chairman of AggieCon 17. In May 2023, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She currently lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband.
As an aspiring writer Wells attended many local writing workshops and conventions, including the Turkey City Writer's Workshop taught by Bruce Sterling.
Her first published novel, The Element of Fire (1993), is also the first volume in the Ile-Rien series. It was a finalist for that year's Compton Crook Award, and a runner-up for the 1994 Crawford Award. Her second novel, City of Bones (1995), is a stand-alone SF/F novel that received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, a black diamond review from Kirkus Reviews[citation needed], and was on the 1995 Locus Recommended Reading List for fantasy. Her third novel and second volume in the Ile-Rien books, The Death of the Necromancer (1998), was nominated for a Nebula Award. The Element of Fire and The Death of the Necromancer are stand-alone novels that take place in the fictional country of Ile-Rien, which is the same universe for the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy: The Wizard Hunters (2003), The Ships of Air (2004), and The Gate of Gods (2005). Her fourth novel was a stand-alone fantasy, Wheel of the Infinite (2000). In 2006, she released a revised edition of The Element of Fire.
Her fantasy short stories include "The Potter's Daughter" in the anthology Elemental (2006), which was selected to appear in The Year's Best Fantasy #7 (2007). This story features one of the main characters from The Element of Fire. Three prequel short stories to the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy were published in Black Gate Magazine in 2007 and 2008.
She has written media tie-ins for the Stargate franchise, including:
Wells' longest-running fantasy series is The Books of the Raksura, which included five novels and two short fiction collections published by Night Shade Books: The Cloud Roads (2011), The Serpent Sea (2012), The Siren Depths (2012), Stories of the Raksura Vol 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud (2014), Stories of the Raksura Vol 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below (2015), The Edge of Worlds (2016), and The Harbors of the Sun (2017). The series was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2018, and The Edge of Worlds was reviewed in The New York Times.
Martha Wells
Martha Wells (born September 1, 1964) is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has published a number of science fiction and fantasy novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on SF/F subjects; her novels have been translated into twelve languages. Wells credits her academic background in anthropology for her interest in designing complex, realistically detailed societies within her novels.
She has won four Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards and three Locus Awards for her science fiction series The Murderbot Diaries. Wells is also known for her fantasy series Ile-Rien and The Books of the Raksura.
Martha Wells was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University in 1986. In college, she was involved in SF/F fandom and was chairman of AggieCon 17. In May 2023, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She currently lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband.
As an aspiring writer Wells attended many local writing workshops and conventions, including the Turkey City Writer's Workshop taught by Bruce Sterling.
Her first published novel, The Element of Fire (1993), is also the first volume in the Ile-Rien series. It was a finalist for that year's Compton Crook Award, and a runner-up for the 1994 Crawford Award. Her second novel, City of Bones (1995), is a stand-alone SF/F novel that received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, a black diamond review from Kirkus Reviews[citation needed], and was on the 1995 Locus Recommended Reading List for fantasy. Her third novel and second volume in the Ile-Rien books, The Death of the Necromancer (1998), was nominated for a Nebula Award. The Element of Fire and The Death of the Necromancer are stand-alone novels that take place in the fictional country of Ile-Rien, which is the same universe for the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy: The Wizard Hunters (2003), The Ships of Air (2004), and The Gate of Gods (2005). Her fourth novel was a stand-alone fantasy, Wheel of the Infinite (2000). In 2006, she released a revised edition of The Element of Fire.
Her fantasy short stories include "The Potter's Daughter" in the anthology Elemental (2006), which was selected to appear in The Year's Best Fantasy #7 (2007). This story features one of the main characters from The Element of Fire. Three prequel short stories to the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy were published in Black Gate Magazine in 2007 and 2008.
She has written media tie-ins for the Stargate franchise, including:
Wells' longest-running fantasy series is The Books of the Raksura, which included five novels and two short fiction collections published by Night Shade Books: The Cloud Roads (2011), The Serpent Sea (2012), The Siren Depths (2012), Stories of the Raksura Vol 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud (2014), Stories of the Raksura Vol 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below (2015), The Edge of Worlds (2016), and The Harbors of the Sun (2017). The series was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2018, and The Edge of Worlds was reviewed in The New York Times.
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