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Martha Wells is an American SF/fantasy writer who was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and has a B.A. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University. She has published a number of fantasy novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on fantasy and SF subjects. Her novels have been translated into eight languages. With Aaron De Orive she wrote Blade Singer (2014).
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'''Martha Wells''' is a [[Texas]] [[SF]]/[[fantasy]] writer best known for her ''Murderbot Diaries'' series. She has published a number of fantasy [[novels]], [[YA|young adult]] novels, [[media]] tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on fantasy and SF subjects. Her novels have been translated into eight languages. With [[Aaron De Orive]], she wrote ''Blade Singer'' (2014).
  
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She was the [[chair]] of [[AggieCon XVII]] in 1986.
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She was born in [[Fort Worth, TX]], and has a B.A. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University, where she was a member of [[Cepheid Variable]].
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* [https://www.marthawells.com/ Website. ]
  
 
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* 1986 -- [[AggieCon XVII]]
 
 
* 2001 -- [[AggieCon XXXII]]
 
* 2001 -- [[AggieCon XXXII]]
 
* 2002 -- [[ArmadilloCon 24]]
 
* 2002 -- [[ArmadilloCon 24]]
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* 2012 -- [[AggieCon 43]]
 
* 2012 -- [[AggieCon 43]]
 
* 2017 -- [[World Fantasy Convention 2017]]
 
* 2017 -- [[World Fantasy Convention 2017]]
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* 2019 -- [[Capclave 2019]]
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* 2018 -- '''[[2018 Best Novella Hugo]]''', [[Locus#Locus_Awards|Locus Award]] for Best Novella, [[Nebula Awards|Nebula Award]] for Best Novella for ''Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red''
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* 2019 -- [[Capclave 2019]], '''[[2019 Best Novella Hugo]]''', [[Locus#Locus_Awards|Locus Award]] for Best Novella for ''The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition''
 
* 2020 -- [[C’monfluence]]
 
* 2020 -- [[C’monfluence]]
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* 2023 -- [[WisCon 46]], [[COSine 2023]]
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* 2021 -- '''[[2021 Hugos|2021 Best Novel Hugo]]''', [[Locus#Locus_Awards|Locus Award]] for Best Novel, [[Nebula Awards|Nebula Award]] for Best Novel for ''The Murderbot Diaries: Network Effect'', '''[[2021 Hugos|2021 Best Series Hugo]]''' for ''The Murderbot Diaries''
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* 2023 -- [[WisCon 46]], [[COSine 2023]], [[Minicon 56]], [[Konflikt]], [[Dragon Con|Dragon Award]] for Best Fantasy Novel for ''Witch King''
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* 2025 -- '''[[Seattle Worldcon 2025]]'''
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Latest revision as of 04:59, 21 October 2023

(September 1, 1964 – )

Martha Wells is a Texas SF/fantasy writer best known for her Murderbot Diaries series. She has published a number of fantasy novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on fantasy and SF subjects. Her novels have been translated into eight languages. With Aaron De Orive, she wrote Blade Singer (2014).

She was the chair of AggieCon XVII in 1986.

She was born in Fort Worth, TX, and has a B.A. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University, where she was a member of Cepheid Variable.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:


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