Author · born 1959
Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson is an American science fiction writer (born 1959). Born in Fort Meade.
Our catalogue lists 7 books by Neal Stephenson, mostly historical fiction, alternate history and historical fantasy. They span 1992 to 2021. The most-read is Snow Crash (1992).
Books by Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O
Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland
The Confusion. Volume II of the Baroque Cycle
Neal Stephenson, Simon Prebble
The Mongoliad
Neal Stephenson, Erik Bear
The Mongoliad. Book Two
Neal Stephenson
The Mongoliad. Book Three
Neal Stephenson
Robot Artists & Black Swans
Bruce Sterling, Neal Stephenson
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 2016 — Best Novel, Seveneves (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2009 — Best Novel, Anathem (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2000 — Best Novel, Cryptonomicon (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1996 — Best Novel, The Diamond Age (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1997 — Best Novel, The Diamond Age (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Termination Shock (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2016 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Seveneves (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Novelette, Atmosphaera Incognita (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2009 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Anathem (winner)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2005 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Baroque Cycle (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2005 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Confusion (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2005 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The System of the World (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2004 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Quicksilver (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2000 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Cryptonomicon (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1996 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Diamond Age (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1993 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Snow Crash (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009 — Overall, Anathem (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 2005 — Overall, The System of the World (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 2004 — Overall, Quicksilver (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 2000 — Overall, Cryptonomicon (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 1996 — Overall, The Diamond Age (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 1994 — Overall, Snow Crash (nominee)
- ✦BSFA Awards 2008 — Best Novel, Anathem (nominee)
- ✦BSFA Awards 1996 — Best Novel, Interface (nominee)
- ✦BSFA Awards 1993 — Best Novel, Snow Crash (nominee)
Biography
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work explores subjects such as 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 also 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 (funded by Jeff Bezos) 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 is currently Magic Leap's Chief Futurist. **Source**: Neal Stephenson on Wikipedia (Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 2.0 )