Martha Wells
The creator of Murderbot, the anxious, TV-binging security android who became science fiction's unlikeliest hero.
Martha Wells is one of the most celebrated authors in contemporary science fiction and fantasy, a multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus winner whose Murderbot Diaries became a phenomenon. Its narrator — a self-aware security construct who would rather watch serial dramas than deal with humans — is one of the genre's most beloved recent creations, wry, reluctant, and quietly profound about autonomy and personhood.
Wells writes with sharp humor, propulsive action, and real emotional intelligence, and she has a long, acclaimed career beyond Murderbot, including the richly imagined Books of the Raksura fantasy. Expect crisp, witty, deeply human (and posthuman) storytelling about identity, freedom, and connection. For readers who want science fiction that is both enormously fun and genuinely moving — and anyone who hasn't yet met Murderbot — Wells is essential, one of the brightest and most rewarding voices working today.
- For readers who want witty, heartfelt SF
- The beloved, award-winning Murderbot Diaries
- Sharp humor with real questions about personhood
