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Annalee Newitz

Biography

Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the nationally bestselling author of the books FOUR LOST CITIES: A Secret History of the Urban Age and STORIES ARE WEAPONS: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind, and the novels THE TERRAFORMERS (a Nebula Award finalist), THE FUTURE OF ANOTHER TIMELINE (winner of the Sidewise Award), and AUTONOMOUS (winner of a Lambda Literary Award).

As a science journalist, they are a writer for the New York Times and elsewhere, and have a monthly column in New Scientist. They have published in The Washington Post, Slate, Popular Science, Ars Technica, The New Yorker and The Atlantic, among others. They are also the co-host of the three-time Hugo Award-winning podcast "Our Opinions Are Correct." Previously, they were the founder of io9 and served as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.

Annalee Newitz

Books by Annalee Newitz

by Annalee Newitz - Fiction, Science Fiction

You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food --- the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around --- for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war. But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they’ll have to call on their customers, their community and each other --- and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn’t built for them.

by Annalee Newitz - Fiction, Science Fiction

Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her. But the bright, clean future they're building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn’t exist, hidden inside a massive volcano. As she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question the mission to which she has devoted her life and must make a choice that will reverberate through Sask-E's future for generations to come.

by Annalee Newitz - Fiction, Science Fiction

Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can’t otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane. Hot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack’s drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand.