Ramez Naam is a professional technologist who worked on Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook development. He is a member of the World Future Society, a Senior Associate of the Foresight Center, and a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. He also serves on the advisory board of the Institute for Accelerated Change. More Than Human, his nonfiction book, got the H.G. Wells Award. The Wells Award is given to a person who has excelled in The Kitscie Award for Best Debut, the Prometheus Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award have all been nominated for his novels.

The award is named after Arthur C. Clarke. He was nominated for the John W. Wooden Award in 2014. The Campbell Award for Best New Writer is given to the best new writer.