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Martha Wells

Wells, Martha

September 1, 1964 (age 61)

Birth place: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

74 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
July 1993 32 Review The Element of Fire Locus, #390 July 1993
September 1993 50 Review The Element of Fire Dragon Magazine, September 1993
October 1993 60|60.3 Review The Element of Fire Interzone, October 1993
May 1995 33 Review City of Bones Locus, #412 May 1995
June 1995 44 Short Fiction Thorns Realms of Fantasy, June 1995
January 1996 114 Review City of Bones Dragon Magazine, January 1996
November 1996 19 Review City of Bones The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1996
June 1997 34 Short Fiction Bad Medicine Realms of Fantasy, June 1997
May 1998 51 Review The Death of the Necromancer Locus, #448 May 1998
June 1998 Review The Death of the Necromancer SF Site, June 1998
April 1999 19 Review The Death of the Necromancer The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1999
December 1999 87 Review The Death of the Necromancer Realms of Fantasy, December 1999
March 2000 37 Review The Death of the Necromancer Vector 210
June 2000 61 Review Wheel of the Infinite Locus, #473 June 2000
2001 37 Review Wheel of the Infinite Nova Express, Spring/Summer 2001
February 2001 Review Wheel of the Infinite Realms of Fantasy, February 2001
February 2001 19 Review Wheel of the Infinite The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2001
March 2003 23 Interview "Paris,Texas" Interzone, March 2003
May 2003 31 Review The Wizard Hunters Locus, #508 May 2003
June 2003 82 Review The Wizard Hunters Talebones #26, Summer 2003
September 2003 43 Review The Wizard Hunters The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2003
July 2004 59 Review The Ships of Air Locus, #522 July 2004
September 2005 25 Review The Gate of Gods Locus, #536 September 2005
August 2006 |1 Short Fiction Wolf Night Lone Star Stories, August 2006
March 2007 45 Short Fiction Reflections Black Gate, Spring 2007
March 2007 51 Review The Gate of Gods Black Gate, Spring 2007
August 2007 64 Short Fiction Holy Places Black Gate, Summer 2007
July 2008 58 Short Fiction Houses of the Dead Black Gate, Summer 2008
May 2011 23 Review The Cloud Roads Locus, #604 May 2011
July 2011 48 Review The Cloud Roads Interzone, July-August 2011
April 2012 Review The Cloud Roads Strange Horizons, 23 April 2012
April 2012 Review The Serpent Sea Strange Horizons, 23 April 2012
June 2013 Review Emilie and the Hollow World Strange Horizons, 17 June 2013
November 2013 |18 Interview Author Spotlight: Martha Wells Lightspeed, November 2013
July 2014 22 Review Emilie and the Sky World Locus, #642 July 2014
December 2015 Short Fiction The Potter's Daughter Far-Fetched Fables, No. 86
January 2016 Short Fiction Night at the Opera PodCastle, #400
April 2016 27 Review The Edge of Worlds The New York Times Book Review, April 24, 2016
June 2017 19 Review All Systems Red Locus, #677 June 2017
August 2017 |4 Review The Harbors of the Sun Strange Horizons, 28 August 2017
September 2017 108 Review All Systems Red Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, #60
February 2018 67 Review All Systems Red Locus, #685 February 2018
March 2018 17 Review Artificial condition Locus, #686 March 2018
August 2018 |12.1 Review Artificial Condition Lightspeed, August 2018
August 2018 |12.2 Review Rogue Protocol Lightspeed, August 2018
November 2018 56 Review All Systems Red The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2018
November 2018 56 Review Artificial Condition The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2018
November 2018 56 Review Exit Strategy The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2018
November 2018 56 Review Rogue Protocol The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2018
December 2018 |2 Short Fiction Adaptation Unreal Magazine, December 30, 2018
December 2018 76 Short Fiction Compulsory Wired, January 2019
December 2018 28 Review Exit Strategy The New York Times Book Review, December 2, 2018
March 2019 92 Review Artificial Condition Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, #64
May 2019 |4 Short Fiction Found on the Water Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, May 2019
December 2019 |8 Review The Murderbot Diaries Speculative City, Winter 2019
April 2020 Short Fiction Feelings REDACTED: What Happens When Murderbot and ART Talk to Instagram Tor.com, April 24 2020
April 2020 Interview Short Stories and Sad Endings: A Conversation with Martha Wells Clarkesworld, April 2020
May 2020 52|52.5 Review Network Effect The New York Times Book Review, May 31, 2020
July 2020 78 Review Network Effect The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2020
November 2020 |1 Short Fiction The Salt Witch Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2020
December 2020 |3 Interview Interview: Martha Wells Uncanny Podcast, 1 December 2020
March 2021 177|178 Review Fugitive Telemetry Interzone, March-June 2021
July 2021 330 Review Fugitive Telemetry The Hudson Review, Summer 2021
May 2022 200 Review Network Effect Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May-June 2022
May 2022 66 Interview The Snarky Siren Call of Adventure: Galaxy's Edge Interviews Martha Wells Galaxy's Edge, May 2022
September 2022 |14 Essay Getting Unstuck Apex Magazine, September 2022
June 2023 44|44.3 Review Witch King The New York Times Book Review, June 4, 2023
November 2023 |11 Review System Collapse Interzone, November 2023
December 2023 21|21.9 Review Witch King The New York Times Book Review, December 10, 2023
May 2024 206 Review Witch King Asimov's Science Fiction, May-June 2024
October 2024 |6 Review Wheel of the Infinite Strange Horizons, 21 October 2024
June 2025 |4 Interview Interview with World Fantasy Finalists, Part One Fantasy Magazine, Summer 2025
July 2025 Short Fiction Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy Reactor, July 10, 2025
September 2025 Short Fiction Data Ghost PseudoPod, 26 September 2025

39 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1993 Novel The Element of Fire Martha Wells
1995 Novel City of Bones Martha Wells
1998 Novel The Death of the Necromancer Martha Wells
2000 Novel Wheel of the Infinite Martha Wells
2003 Novel The Wizard Hunters Martha Wells
2004 Novel The Ships of Air Martha Wells
2005 Novel The Gate of Gods Martha Wells
2006 Novel Reliquary Martha Wells
2007 Novel Entanglement Martha Wells
2011 Novel The Cloud Roads Martha Wells
2012 Novel The Serpent Sea Martha Wells
2012 Novel The Siren Depths Martha Wells
2013 Novel Emilie and the Hollow World Martha Wells
2013 Novel Razor's Edge Martha Wells
2013 Omnibus The Books of Raksura Martha Wells
2014 Novel Emilie and the Sky World Martha Wells
2014 Collection The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud Martha Wells
2015 Collection Between Worlds: The Collected Ile-Rien and Cineth Stories Martha Wells
2015 Collection The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below Martha Wells
2016 Novel The Edge of Worlds Martha Wells
2017 Chapbook All Systems Red Martha Wells
2017 Novel The Harbors of the Sun Martha Wells
2018 Chapbook Artificial Condition Martha Wells
2018 Chapbook Exit Strategy Martha Wells
2018 Chapbook Rogue Protocol Martha Wells
2020 Novel Network Effect Martha Wells
2020 Collection The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells
2021 Chapbook Fugitive Telemetry Martha Wells
2021 Chapbook Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory Martha Wells
2023 Chapbook Compulsory Martha Wells
2023 Novel System Collapse Martha Wells
2023 Collection The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells
2023 Novel Witch King Martha Wells
2024 Omnibus The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire / The Death of the Necromancer Martha Wells
2025 Novel Queen Demon Martha Wells
2025 Chapbook Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy Martha Wells
2025 Collection The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1: All Systems Red / Artificial Condition Martha Wells
2025 Collection The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 2: Rogue Protocol / Exit Strategy Martha Wells
2025 Collection The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 3: Fugitive Telemetry / System Collapse Martha Wells

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1994 Compton Crook Award Compton Crook Award (Balticon - Best 1st Novel) The Element of Fire Nominee
1994 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel The Element of Fire Nominee
1996 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel City of Bones Nominee
1999 Nebula Award Novel The Death of the Necromancer Nominee
2017 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction All Systems Red Nominee
2017 Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction All Systems Red Nominee
2018 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction Exit Strategy Nominee
2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction Artificial Condition Nominee
2018 Hugo Award Best Novella All Systems Red Winner
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Novella All Systems Red Winner
2018 Nebula Award Novella All Systems Red Winner
2018 Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Award All Systems Red Nominee
2019 Hugo Award Best Novella Exit Strategy Nominee
2019 Hugo Award Best Novella Artificial Condition Winner
2019 Hugo Award Best Novella Rogue Protocol Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Artificial Condition Winner
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Rogue Protocol Finalist
2019 Nebula Award Novella Artificial Condition Nominee
2019 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Rogue Protocol Nominee
2019 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Artificial Condition Nominee
2019 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Exit Strategy Nominee
2019 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel All Systems Red Nominee
2020 Dragon Award Best Science Fiction Novel Network Effect Nominee
2020 Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction Network Effect Finalist
2020 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère Stratégie de sortie Nominee
2020 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère Défaillances systèmes Nominee
2020 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère Cheval de Troie Nominee
2020 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère Schémas artificiels Nominee
2020 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Tagebuch eines Killerbots Nominee
2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction Fugitive Telemetry Finalist
2021 Hugo Award Best Novel Network Effect Winner
2021 Hugo Award Best Short Story The Salt Witch Nominee
2021 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Network Effect Winner
2021 Nebula Award Novel Network Effect Winner
2022 Hugo Award Best Novella Fugitive Telemetry Nominee
2022 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bestes ausländisches Werk Der Netzwerk:Effekt Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Fugitive Telemetry Winner
2022 Nebula Award Novella Fugitive Telemetry Nominee
2023 Dragon Award Best Fantasy Novel Witch King Winner
2023 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy Witch King Nominee
2023 Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction System Collapse Finalist
2024 Dragon Award Best Science Fiction Novel System Collapse Nominee
2024 Hugo Award Best Novel Witch King Finalist
2024 Hugo Award Best Novel System Collapse Nominee
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Witch King Winner
2024 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel System Collapse Winner
2024 Nebula Award Novel Witch King Nominee
2024 Nebula Award Novel System Collapse Nominee
2024 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Witch King Nominee

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