Ray Nayler

Ray Nayler is an American science fiction author and career U.S. Foreign Service officer who has also served in the Peace Corps and international development, working across Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Vietnam, and the Balkans. His debut novel, The Mountain in the Sea, won the 2023 Locus Award for Best First Novel, and his novella The Tusks of Extinction won the 2025 Hugo Award.