Martha Wells

(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.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• Website.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 2001 -- AggieCon XXXII
• 2002 -- ArmadilloCon 24
• 2011 -- Apollocon 2011
• 2012 -- AggieCon 43
• 2017 -- World Fantasy Convention 2017
• 2018 -- 2018 Best Novella Hugo, Locus Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Novella for Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
• 2019 -- Capclave 2019, 2019 Best Novella Hugo, Locus Award for Best Novella for The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition
• 2020 -- C’monfluence
• 2021 -- 2021 Best Novel Hugo, Locus Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel for The Murderbot Diaries: Network Effect, 2021 Best Series Hugo for The Murderbot Diaries
• 2023 -- WisCon 46, COSine 2023, Minicon 56, Konflikt, Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Witch King
• 2025 -- Seattle Worldcon 2025

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