Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz is a science journalist who also writes science fiction. They are the author of several books, including Automatic Noodle , an instant USA Today bestseller, The Terraformers , which was nominated for the Nebula Award, and Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age . They have a monthly column in New Scientist magazine, and are a member of the Flaming Hydra collective. I’m the author of four novels. Automatic Noodle came out in 2025 and was an instant USA Today bestseller, and Indie Next pick, and was the Library Reads top pick for August that year. My third novel, which came out in early 2023, is called The Terraformers , and received praise from The Washington Post , The Los Angeles Times , and The San Francisco Chronicle . It was nominated for a Nebula and a Locus Award. My second novel The Future of Another Timeline, received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, and Booklist . My first novel, Autonomous , won the Lambda Literary Award, and was nominated for the Nebula and Locus Awards. My short story “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis” was winner of the 2019 Sturgeon Award. I'm also a freelance science journalist, contributing to publications including The Washington Post, Scientific American , and The New York Times. I also write a column for New Scientist . I'm was the co-host, with Charlie Jane Anders, of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct . I have also contributed to the public radio shows Science Friday , On the Media , KQED Forum , and Here and Now. My nonfiction has appeared in Slate, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, The Smithsonian Magazine, The Washington Post, 2600, New Scientist, Technology Review, Popular Science, Discover and the San Francisco Bay Guardian . I'm the co-editor of the essay collection She’s Such A Geek (Seal Press), and author of Pretend We’re Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture (Duke University Press).

Annalee Newitz is a science journalist who also writes science fiction. They are the author of several books, including Automatic Noodle , an instant USA Today bestseller, The Terraformers , which was nominated for the Nebula Award, and Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age . They have a monthly column in New Scientist magazine, and are a member of the Flaming Hydra collective. I’m the author of four novels. Automatic Noodle came out in 2025 and was an instant USA Today bestseller, and Indie Next pick, and was the Library Reads top pick for August that year. My third novel, which came out in early 2023, is called The Terraformers , and received praise from The Washington Post , The Los Angeles Times , and The San Francisco Chronicle . It was nominated for a Nebula and a Locus Award. My second novel The Future of Another Timeline, received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, and Booklist . My first novel, Autonomous , won the Lambda Literary Award, and was nominated for the Nebula and Locus Awards. My short story “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis” was winner of the 2019 Sturgeon Award. I'm also a freelance science journalist, contributing to publications including The Washington Post, Scientific American , and The New York Times. I also write a column for New Scientist . I'm was the co-host, with Charlie Jane Anders, of the Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct . I have also contributed to the public radio shows Science Friday , On the Media , KQED Forum , and Here and Now. My nonfiction has appeared in Slate, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, The Smithsonian Magazine, The Washington Post, 2600, New Scientist, Technology Review, Popular Science, Discover and the San Francisco Bay Guardian . I'm the co-editor of the essay collection She’s Such A Geek (Seal Press), and author of Pretend We’re Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture (Duke University Press).