Author · born 1964
Martha Wells
Martha Wells is an American science fiction and fantasy author born in Fort Worth, Texas 1964. Born in Fort Worth.
Our catalogue lists 8 books by Martha Wells, mostly shifter fiction, epic fantasy and pirate adventure. They span 2003 to 2016. The most-read is The Cloud Roads (2011).
Books by Martha Wells
The Cloud Roads
Martha Wells, Chris Kipiniak
The Siren Depths
Martha Wells
The Serpent Sea
Martha Wells
Star Wars - Razor's Edge
Martha Wells
The Wizard Hunters
Martha Wells
The Ships of Air
Martha Wells
The Edge of Worlds: Volume Four of the Books of the Raksura
Martha Wells
Stories of the Raksura: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud (The Books of the Raksura)
Martha Wells
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 2026 — Best Novelette, Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2024 — Best Novel, Witch King (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2021 — Best Novel, Network Effect (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2021 — Best Series, The Murderbot Diaries (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2019 — Best Novella, Artificial Condition (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2018 — Best Novella, All Systems Red (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2018 — Best Series, Books of the Raksura (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2024 — Best Novel, Witch King (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 2021 — Best Novel, Network Effect (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2019 — Best Novella, Artificial Condition (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 2018 — Best Novella, All Systems Red (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1999 — Best Novel, The Death of the Necromancer (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2024 — Best Novel, Witch King (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2026 — Best Fantasy Novel, Queen Demon (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2024 — Best Fantasy Novel, Witch King (winner)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2024 — Best Science Fiction Novel, System Collapse (winner)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2022 — Best Novella, Fugitive Telemetry (winner)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2021 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Network Effect (winner)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2019 — Best Novella, Artificial Condition (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2019 — Best Novella, Rogue Protocol (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2018 — Best Novella, All Systems Red (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 1996 — Best Fantasy Novel, City of Bones (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best First Novel, The Element of Fire (nominee)
- ✦Philip K. Dick Award 2018 — Overall, All Systems Red (nominee)
- ✦BSFA Awards 2018 — Best Short Fiction, Exit Strategy (nominee)
Biography
Martha Wells (born September 1, 1964) is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has published a number of fantasy novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on fantasy and science fiction subjects. Her novels have been translated into twelve languages. Wells has won a Nebula Award, two Locus Awards, and two Hugo Awards.