Bios

There are some old author bios, etc. of me floating around on the Internet that contain information that is no longer true. For example, I used to be a Visiting Fellow at Ernst & Young's Center for Business Innovation in Cambridge, MA, but I am not any more.

Here is the bio currently appearing on my novels: Neal Stephenson is the author of the bestselling Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) as well as the novels Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Here are some basic facts and figures about me:

  • 1959 Born in Maryland
  • 1960 Moved to Champaign-Urbana, IL
  • 1966 Moved to Ames, Iowa
  • 1977 Graduated Ames High School
  • 1981 Graduated Boston University, B.A. in Geography with minor in Physics
  • 1984 Published The Big U
  • 1988 Published Zodiac: the Eco-Thriller
  • 1991 Published Snow Crash
  • 1995 Published Diamond Age
  • 1999 Published Cryptonomicon
  • 2003 Published Quicksilver, the first volume of The Baroque Cycle
  • 2004 Published The Confusion and The System of the World, the second and third volumes of The Baroque Cycle