Martha Wells is the author of more than a dozen science fiction and fantasy novels, including The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien), All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries), and The Cloud Roads (Books of the Raksura). Her writing has won the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards, has been nominated for the Nebula, and has been translated into eight languages. Wells resides in the Texas town of College Station.