Neal Stephenson
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque.
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| Born | Neal Town Stephenson October 31, 1959 Fort Meade, Maryland, U.S. |
| Pen name | Stephen Bury (with J. Frederick George) |
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| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Ames High School Boston University (BA) |
| Period | 1984–present |
| Genre | Science fiction, speculative fiction, historical fiction, essays |
| Literary movement | Cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, maximalism |
| Notable awards | Hugo Prometheus Locus Clarke |
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Stephenson's work explores mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired. He has written novels with his uncle, George Jewsbury ("J. Frederick George"), under the collective pseudonym Stephen Bury.
Stephenson has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (founded by Jeff Bezos) developing a spacecraft and a space launch system, and is also a cofounder of Subutai Corporation, whose first offering is the interactive fiction project The Mongoliad. He was Magic Leap's Chief Futurist from 2014 to 2020.