
Walter Jon Williams
Author · 50 books
Walter Jon Williams has published twenty novels and short fiction collections. Most are science fiction or fantasy -Hardwired, Voice of the Whirlwind, Aristoi, Metropolitan, City on Fire to name just a few - a few are historical adventures, and the most recent, The Rift, is a disaster novel in which "I just basically pound a part of the planet down to bedrock." And that's just the opening chapters. Walter holds a fourth-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate, and also enjoys sailing and scuba diving. He lives in New Mexico with his wife, Kathy Hedges.
Series
Books

Voice of the Whirlwind
1987

The Boolean Gate
2012

Dinosaurs
1991

The Rift
1999

The Starry Rift
Tales of New Tomorrows
2008

Frankensteins & Foreign Devils
1998

Imperium Restored
2022

Conventions of War
2005

City on Fire
1997

Metropolitan
1995

Ten Points for Style
1996

The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid
2004

Impersonations
2016

Surfacing
1987

Fleet Elements
2020

Hardwired, Episode 1
2014

Prayers on the Wind
1991

Elegy for Angels and Dogs/the Graveyard Heart
1990

Hardwired
1986

Investments
2012

Argonautica
1999

Diamonds from Tequila
2017

Worlds That Weren't
2002

Aristoi
1992

The Accidental War
2018

The Sundering
2003

Daddy's World
1999

The Best of Walter Jon Williams
2021

Wolf Time
1987

This is Not a Game
2009

Hardwired
The Sourcebook
1989

Deep State
2011

Solip:System
1989

Angel Station
1989

Destiny's Way
2002

Lord Quillifer
2022

The Praxis
2002

Ambassador of Progress
1984

The Fourth Wall
2012

Prompt. Professional. Pop!
2014

House of Shards
1988

Days of Atonement
1991

Quillifer the Knight
2019

Wall, Stone, Craft
2014

The Green Leopard Plague
2003

Rock of Ages
1995

Quillifer
2017

Implied Spaces
2008

The Crown Jewels
1987

Ylesia
2002