Neal Stephenson
Novelist, Author
1959 –
Who is Neal Stephenson?
Neal Town Stephenson is an American author and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction.
His novels have been variously categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and "postcyberpunk." Other labels, such as "baroque," often appear.
Stephenson explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired.
He has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company developing a manned sub-orbital launch system, and is also a cofounder of Subutai Corporation, whose first offering is the interactive fiction project The Mongoliad. He has also written novels with his uncle, George Jewsbury, under the collective pseudonym Stephen Bury.
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- Born
- Oct 31, 1959
Fort Meade - Also known as
- Neal Town Stephenson
- Stephen Bury
- Stephenson, Neal
- Spouses
- Ellen Marie Lackermann
(1985 - )
- Ellen Marie Lackermann
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Boston University
Geography
( - 1981) - Ames High School
( - 1977)
- Bachelor of Arts, Boston University
- Employment
- Thinking Machines Corporation
- Lived in
- Maryland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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