Martha Wells
| Martha Wells | |
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| Born | 1964 Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genres | Fantasy and science fiction |
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www.marthawells.com |
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Martha Wells is an American fantasy and science fiction author.
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[edit] Biography
Martha Wells was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1964 and has a B.A. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University. She has published eight fantasy novels, two Stargate Atlantis tie-in novels, and several short stories. Her novels have been translated into eight languages.[1]
Wells' first published novel, The Element of Fire (1993), was a finalist for that year's Compton Crook Award, and a runner-up for the 1994 William Crawford Award. Her second novel, City of Bones (1995) received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and a black diamond review from Kirkus Reviews, and was on the 1995 Locus Recommended Reading List for fantasy. Her third novel, The Death of the Necromancer (1998), was nominated for a Nebula Award.[2] The Element of Fire and The Death of the Necromancer are stand-alone novels which take place in the country of Ile-Rien, which is also the setting for the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy: The Wizard Hunters (2003), The Ships of Air (2004), and The Gate of Gods (2005). Her fourth novel was a stand-alone fantasy, Wheel of the Infinite. In 2006, she released a revised edition of The Element of Fire which is also available in HTML on her website.[3]
Her fantasy short stories include "The Potter's Daughter" in the anthology Elemental (2006), which has been selected to appear in The Year's Best Fantasy #7 (2007).[4] This story features one of the main characters from The Element of Fire. Three prequel short stories to the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy were published in Black Gate Magazine in 2007 [5][6] and 2008.[7]
Wells is known for the complex, realistically detailed societies she creates; this is often credited to her academic background in anthropology.[8][9]
In February 2006, she published Reliquary, a novel set in the Stargate Atlantis universe. Another Stargate Atlantis novel, Entanglement, was published in spring 2007. Wells also wrote "Archaeology 101," a short story based on Stargate SG-1 for issue #8 (Jan/Feb 2006) of the official Stargate Magazine. (See Stargate literature)
She has recently sold two new fantasy novels to Night Shade Books. The first, The Cloud Roads (ISBN 978-1-59780-216-1), was published in March 2011,[10] and the sequel, The Serpent Sea, will follow in January 2012.[11]
[edit] Published works
[edit] Stand-alone fantasy novels
- City of Bones (1995, ISBN 0-312-85686-5)
- Wheel of the Infinite (2000, ISBN 0-380-97335-9)
[edit] Ile-Rien stories
Listed in order of the internal chronology, not by year of publication.
- "The Potter's Daughter" (2006 short story, Elemental: the Tsunami Relief Anthology ISBN 0-765-31562-9, The Year's Best Fantasy #7 ISBN 9-781-89239150-6)
- The Element of Fire (1993, ISBN 312-85374-2; revised edition 2006, ISBN 0-615-13571-4)
- The Death of the Necromancer (1998, ISBN 0-380-97334-0)
[edit] Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy
- The Wizard Hunters (2003, ISBN 0-380-97788-5)
- The Ships of Air (2004, ISBN 0-380-97789-3)
- The Gate of Gods (2005, ISBN 0380-97790-7)
[edit] Stargate stories
- Reliquary (2006 Stargate Atlantis novel, ISBN 0-9547343-7-8)
- Entanglement (2007 Stargate Atlantis novel, ISBN 1-905586-03-5)
- "Archaeology 101" (2006 Stargate SG-1 short story, Stargate Magazine)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Martha Wells Bibliography official site, accessed October 12, 2010
- ^ Locus Awards Index
- ^ Revised edition of The Element of Fire
- ^ Tachyon Publications: Year's Best Fantasy #7
- ^ "Black Gate #10 Table of Contents". http://www.blackgate.com/black-gate-magazine-issue-10-spring-2007.
- ^ "Black Gate #11 Table of Contents". http://www.blackgate.com/black-gate-magazine-issue-11-summer-2007.
- ^ "Black Gate #12 Table of Contents". http://www.blackgate.com/black-gate-12-summer-2008.
- ^ Shaun Farrell Interviews Martha Wells
- ^ "ActuSF Interview with Martha Wells". http://www.actusf.com/spip/article-3899.html.
- ^ Martha Wells (March 15, 2011). "The Big Idea: Martha Wells". Whatever (John Scalzi's blog). http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/03/15/the-big-idea-martha-wells/.
- ^ "Martha Wells Live Journal Post for July 20, 2010". http://marthawells.livejournal.com/351811.html.
