# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-wells
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:40:48.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martha-wells"
name: "Martha Wells"
slug: "martha-wells"
description: "Martha Wells is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has published a number of science fiction and fantasy (SF/F) novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on SF/F subjects. Her novels have been translated into twelve languages. Wells credits her academic background in anthropology for her interest in designing complex, realistically detailed societies within her novels."
tagline: "American writer (born 1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martha_Wells_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.95072266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/marthawells1"
    handle:    "marthawells1"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/marthawellswriter/"
    handle:    "marthawellswriter"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14048632/"
    handle:    "nm14048632"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://marthawells.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مارثا ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Марта Уелс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마사 웰스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уэллс, Марта"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Wells"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%81"
    title: "Марта Веллс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6774606"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4430260"
    title: "Martha Wells"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump