Biography:
(1954- ). American SF writer,
a spokesman for and practitioner of Cyberpunk. In addition to such books
as The Artificial Kid (1980), Shismatrix (1985), Islands
in the Net (1988), Crystal Express (1989), he co-authored The
Difference Engine (1992) with William Gibson, wrote The
Hacker Crackdown (1993), and edited Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk
Anthology (1986).
Brief biography from The
Norton Book of Science Fiction, ed. by Ursula K. LeGuin & Brian
Attebery
Bruce Sterling has
been publishing since 1976, and his stories appear frequently in the Best
of the Year collections. He edited the anthology Mirrorshades
(1986),
which showcased cyberpunk as a category of science fiction. His novels
include Schismatrix (1985) and Islands in the Net (1988),
and his story collections TheCrystal Express and Globalhead
(1992). His most recent publication is a nonfiction work, Hacker Crackdown.
He
lives in Austin. |
