Martha Wells

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Martha Wells (2018)

Martha Wells (* 1. September 1964 in Fort Worth , Texas ) is an American fantasy - and science fiction - writer . She has published fantasy novels, youth literature, film and TV tie-ins , short stories and essays on fantasy and science fiction. Her novels have been translated into eight languages.

Life

Martha Wells was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1964 and received a BA in Anthropology from Texas A&M University . She lives in College Station, Texas with her husband.

Career

Wells was involved in their student days in SF / F fandom, including as chairman of AggieCon 17. She participated in numerous local writing workshops (writing workshops) and Conventions in part, about the Turkey City Writer's Workshop by Bruce Sterling . She later taught at writing workshops such as ArmadilloCon, WorldCon , ApolloCon and Writespace Houston, and was a special workshop guest at FenCon 2018.

As toastmaster of the World Fantasy Convention 2017 she spoke under the title "Unbury the Future" (Eng .: "Bringing the future to light") about marginalized creatives in the history of science fiction and fantasy, film and other media, as well the conscious suppression of the existence of these creatives.

Wells was the main author and head of the writing team for the 2018 Dominaria expansion of the card game Magic: the Gathering .

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Wells' works are known for their complex and realistically detailed societies; this is often attributed to their academic background in anthropology . Her first novel The Element of Fire (1993) was a finalist of the Compton Crook Award and the William Crawford Award. City of Bones (1995), her second novel, received very positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and was recommended by Locus magazine . Her third novel The Death of the Necromancer (1998) was nominated for the Nebula Award .

The Element of Fire and The Death of the Necromancer are set as independent novels in Land Ile-Rien, which is also the setting for the Fall of Ile-Rien Trilogy, which is based on the novels The Wizard Hunters (2003), The Ships of Air (2004) and The Gate of Gods (2005). A revised version of The Element of Fire was released in 2006.

Her short story "The Potter's Daughter", which revolves around one of the main characters from The Element of Fire , first appeared in the anthology Elemental (2006) and then in The Year's Best Fantasy # 7 (2007). Three short stories set before Fall of Ile-Rien appeared in Black Gate Magazine in 2007 and 2008.

Her fantasy series The Books of the Raksura consists of five novels and two collections of short stories. She was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2018. The novel The Edge of Worlds from this series was featured in The New York Times .

Wells also wrote two teen fantasy novels, Emilie and the Hollow World and Emilie and the Sky World .

She also wrote media tie-ins such as Reliquary and Entanglement in the Stargate Atlantis Universe, Archeology 101, a Stargate SG-1- based short story, and a Star Wars novel, Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge .

Awards and nominations

  • 1994 Crawford Award nomination for The Element of Fire
  • 1994 Compton Crook Award nomination for The Element of Fire
  • 1994 Locus Award Recommended List for The Element of Fire
  • 1995 Locus Award Recommended List for City of Bones
  • 1998 Nebula Award nomination for The Death of the Necromancer
  • 2002 Prix ​​Imaginales nomination for the French edition of The Death of the Necromancer
  • 2003 Prix Imaginales nomination for the French edition of The Element of Fire
  • 2017 Nebula Award in the Best Novella category for The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
  • 2018 Locus Award in the Best Novella category for The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
  • 2018 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award nomination for Best SF Novel for The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
  • 2018 Philip K. Dick Award nomination for The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
  • 2018 ALA / YALSA Alex Awards for The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
  • 2018 Nebula Award in the Best Novella category for The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
  • 2018 Hugo Award in the Best Novella category for The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
  • 2018 Hugo Award nomination in the Best Series category for The Books of the Raksura
  • 2019 Hugo Award in the Best Novella category for Artificial Condition
  • 2019 Locus Award in the Best Novella category for Artificial Condition

Works

Standalone fantasy novels

Ile-Rien

The titles are not listed here according to the year of publication, but in the order of the events described.

Books of the Raksura

Short stories

  • The Forest Boy (2009) - Prequel to The Cloud Roads. In the Stories of the Raksura Vol 1 collection
  • The Almost Last Voyage of the Wind-ship Escarpment (2011) - in the same world. In the Stories of the Raksura Vol 2 collection
  • Adaptation (2012) - Prequel to The Cloud Roads. In the Stories of the Raksura Vol 1 collection
  • Mimesis (2013) - in the anthology The Other Half of the Sky (2013, ISBN 978-1-936460-44-1 )
  • Trading Lesson (2013) - in the Stories of the Raksura Vol 1 collection
  • Birthright (2017) - in the anthology Mech: Age of Steel (2013, ISBN 978-1-941987-85-8 )

Emilie

Fantasy for young readers.

Starwars

Stargate universe

The Murderbot Diaries

Series of science fiction short novels:

Other short stories

  • "Thorns" (1995, Realms of Fantasy )
  • "Bad Medicine" (1997, Realms of Fantasy )
  • "Wolf Night" (2006, Lone Star Stories [1] )
  • "Reflections" (2007, Black Gate Magazine )
  • "Holy Places" (2007, Black Gate Magazine )
  • "Houses of the Dead" (2008, Black Gate Magazine )
  • "Revenants" (2012, in the anthology Tales of the Emerald Serpent )
  • "Soul of Fire" (2014, in the anthology Tales of the Emerald Serpent II: A Knight in the Silk Purse )
  • "The Dark Gates" (2015, in the anthology The Gods of Lovecraft )

Non-fiction

  • "Don't Make Me Tongue You: John Crichton and D'Argo and the Dysfunctional Buddy Relationship" (2005, Farscape Forever , ISBN 1-932100-61-X )
  • "Neville Longbottom: the Hero With a Thousand Faces" (2006, Mapping the World of Harry Potter , ISBN 1-932100-59-8 )
  • "Donna Noble Saves the Universe" (2012, Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who , ISBN 978-1-935234-12-8 )
  • "A Life Less Ordinary: The Environment, Magic Systems, and Non-Humans" (2014, A Kobold Guide to Magic , ISBN 978-1-936781-28-7 )

Web links

Commons : Martha Wells  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martha Wells: Unburied Future . 13th August 2018.
  2. ^ Martha Wells - Bibliography . Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ AggieCon XVII program exerpt. ( en-US ) Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ Re: Fiction: Interview with Martha Wells . 19th September 2017.
  5. ^ Writers' Family Reunion . Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ FenCon XV - September 21-23, 2018 .
  7. ↑ World Fantasy 2017 - An annual gathering and reunion of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of light and dark fantasy art and literature. .
  8. ↑ 'Unbury the Future': Martha Wells' Full Speech from the 2017 World Fantasy Awards . 7th November 2017.
  9. ↑ World Fantasy Con 2017: A Mixed Montage .
  10. ↑ James Whitbrook: Scifi Author Martha Wells Is Bringing Magic: The Gathering Back to Where It All Began . In: io9 . Retrieved February 14, 2018. 
  11. ↑ Shaun Farrell interviews Martha Wells for Far Sector SFFH March 2006 .
  12. ↑ ActuSF Interview with Martha Wells .
  13. ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards Index . In: Locus . Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  14. ↑ The Element of Fire by Martha Wells . Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  15. ↑ Martha Wells: The Potter's Daughter . In: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer (Eds.): Year's best fantasy . tape 7 . Tachyon Publications, San Francisco 2007, ISBN 978-1-892391-50-6 .
  16. ^ Table of Contents . In: Black Gate . No. 10, September.
  17. ^ Table of Contents . In: Black Gate . No. 11, September.
  18. ^ Table of Contents . In: Black Gate . No. 12, September.
  19. ↑ Press Release: WorldCon 76 Announces 2018 Hugo Award Finalists .
  20. ↑ NK Jemisin : otherworldy: The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy . In: The New York Times . April 19, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  21. ↑ Young Adult Fantasy by Martha Wells .
  22. ↑ Media tie-ins .
  23. ↑ 1998 Nebula Awards .
  24. ↑ All Systems Red .
  25. ↑ 2018 Locus Awards Winners . In: Locus .
  26. ^ Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced .
  27. ↑ American Library Association announces 2018 youth media award winners , communication dated February 19, 2018, accessed December 8, 2018.
  28. ↑ Here are the winners of the 2018 Nebula Awards , accessed May 29, 2019
  29. ↑ David Barnett: Hugo awards: women clean up as NK Jemisin wins best novel again . The Guardian. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  30. ↑ 2018 Hugo and Campbell Award Finalists . In: Locus .
  31. ↑ Samantha Holloway: Book review by Samantha Holloway: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) . Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  32. ^ Fiction Book Review: All Systems Red by Martha Wells . Retrieved April 10, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Wells, Martha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fantasy and science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Worth , Texas