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ⓘ About Malka Ann Older
She was named Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs for 2015, and has over a decade worth of field experience in humanitarian aid and development, ranging from field level experience as a Head of Office in DarFur to supporting various global programs and agency-wide strategy as a disaster risk reduction technical specialist. Malka has responded to some complex emergencies and natural disasters in Uganda, DarFur, Sri Lanka, Japan, Indonesia, and Mali, three of which as team leader. Malka’s doctoral work on the sociology of organizations at the Institut d’Etudies Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) explores the dynamics of multi-level governance and disaster response using the cases of the Japan tsunami of 2011 and Hurricane Katrina.
All Book Series by Malka Ann Older
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2025
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2015 Edition
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2016
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
Book 6 of 9 · published 2019
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Malka Ann Older?
She was named Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs for 2015, and has over a decade worth of field experience in humanitarian aid and development, ranging from field level experience as a Head of Office in DarFur to supporting various global programs and agency-wide strategy as a disaster risk reduction technical specialist. Malka has responded to some complex emergencies and natural disasters in Uganda, DarFur, Sri Lanka, Japan, Indonesia, and Mali, three of which as team leader. Malka’s doctoral work on the sociology of organizations at the…
Which Malka Ann Older series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Centenal Cycle series, the earliest of Malka Ann Older's multi-book series: it opens with Infomocracy (2016) and runs to 3 books across 2016–2018, ending with State Tectonics (2018). Malka Ann Older's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Malka Ann Older written?
Malka Ann Older has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2025. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Centenal Cycle series with 3 books — and 12 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Malka Ann Older's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Malka Ann Older's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Centenal Cycle (2016–2018, 3 books) and Mossa & Pleiti (2023–2025, 3 books).
How are Malka Ann Older's books organised into series?
This guide splits Malka Ann Older's 18 books into 2 named series and 12 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Centenal Cycle (3 books, 2016–2018); Mossa & Pleiti (3 books, 2023–2025).