Martha Wells
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| Born: | 1964 Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
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| Occupation: | Author |
| Nationality: | USA |
| Genres: | Fantasy and science fiction |
| Website: | http://www.marthawells.com |
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 is married to Troyce Wilson and lives in College Station, Texas. She has published seven fantasy novels, two Stargate Atlantis tie-in novels (one forthcoming in spring 2007), and several short stories. Her novels have been translated into six languages.
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 third novel, The Death of the Necromancer (1998), was nominated for a Nebula award. These two stand-alone novels 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). In 2006, she released a revised edition of The Element of Fire which is also available in HTML on her website.[1]
Martha Wells' other fantasy novels are City of Bones (1995) and Wheel of the Infinte (2000). Both are stand-alone books. 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 (forthcoming). This story features one of the main characters from The Element of Fire.
Wells is known for the complex, realistically-detailed societies she creates; this is often credited to her academic background in anthropology.
In February 2006, she published Reliquary, a novel set in the Stargate Atlantis universe. Another Stargate Atlantis novel, Entanglement, will be published in spring 2007. Wells also wrote "Archaeology 101," a short story based on Stargate SG-1 for the issue #8 (Jan/Feb 2006) of the official Stargate Magazine. (See Stargate literature)
[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)
- 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)
