Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction, drawing on a long career covering science and technology. They founded the science fiction site io9 in 2008, later led Gizmodo as editor-in-chief, and have written for the New York Times and New Scientist, where they contribute a monthly column.

Their debut novel, Autonomous (2017), imagines a future dominated by corporations that control access to drugs, and it was a Nebula Award finalist. A later novel, The Terraformers, was also a Nebula finalist. Automatic Noodle (2025), a short novel about a crew of robots who open a noodle restaurant in a San Francisco recovering from war, became a USA Today bestseller and a Hugo Award finalist. Their other fiction includes The Future of Another Timeline.

Newitz's nonfiction looks at history, culture and how people imagine the future, with titles such as Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age and Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind.