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Arkady Martine

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Arkady Martine is the pen name of AnnaLinden Weller, an American speculative fiction writer, historian of the Byzantine Empire, city planner, and clean-energy policy analyst. Martine's debut novel, A Memory Called Empire, won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel; its sequel, A Desolation Called Peace, won the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Her fiction explores border politics, rhetoric, propaganda, identity, empire, and the edges of the world.

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Arkady Martine's Newest Book

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Rose/House

novella · First published 2023

Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire. “I’m a piece of architecture, Detective. How should I know how humans are like to die?” All of Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted. Rose House, his final architectural triumph built in the remote Mojave desert, was perhaps the most. A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing. But a house that is an artificial intelligence, infused in every crevice and corner with a thinking creature that is not human? That is something else altogether. That is Rose House. When Detective Maritza Smith gets a call from Rose House, she’s shocked to learn that there is a dead body behind its sealed-up door. Everybody in town knows it’s haunted. But Basit died more than a year ago, and everybody also knows that only his former protege, Dr. Selene Gisil, is permitted inside. But Selene wasn’t in the country when Rose House called in the death. Who is the dead body? How did they get in? And who―or what―killed them? The answers lie within the labyrinthine halls of Rose House. But even if Martiza can get inside, there is no guarantee she will ever be able to leave ...

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A Memory Called Empire

The first entry in the Teixcalaan series and Arkady Martine's debut novel.

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Rose/House

A standalone science-fiction gothic novella unrelated to the Teixcalaan series.

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Teixcalaan

A space-opera series about diplomacy, identity, language, empire, and contact with the unknown in and around the Teixcalaanli Empire.

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  1. 1
    A Memory Called Empire

    Book 1 · novel · 2019

    Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit…

  2. 2
    A Desolation Called Peace

    Book 2 · novel · 2021

    An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders,…

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  1. Rose/House

    novella · 2023

    Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire. “I’m a piece of architecture, Detective. How should I know how humans are like to die?” All of Basit…

Frequently asked questions about Arkady Martine

Who is Arkady Martine, and what is her real name?

Arkady Martine is the pen name of Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, a speculative-fiction writer who is also a Byzantine historian, climate and energy policy analyst, and city planner.

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Where did Arkady Martine grow up, and where does she live now?

She grew up in New York City, spent time in several countries and cities, and lives in New Mexico with her wife, author Vivian Shaw.

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What did Arkady Martine do before and alongside her writing career?

Weller worked as a research academic specializing in Byzantine and Armenian history before moving into climate and clean-energy policy. Western Resource Advocates lists her as a Senior Policy Advisor in its Clean Energy department.

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What influenced Arkady Martine’s fiction?

Her Byzantine-history background strongly shapes her fiction, especially its interest in empire, borders, rhetoric, identity, and exile. She has discussed how her research on Byzantine diplomats and people living far from home informs her writing.

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What awards has Arkady Martine won, and why is she significant in science fiction?

Her first two novels each won the Hugo Award for Best Novel—in 2020 and 2022—and the second also won the 2022 Locus Award for Science Fiction Novel. She is especially noted for bringing historically informed questions about empire, language, and identity into contemporary space opera.

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