William Gibson — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Pioneered the science fiction subgenre of cyberpunk.
Coined the term 'cyberspace' in his 1982 short story 'Burning Chrome'.
Popularized the concept of 'cyberspace' and 'the matrix' in his 1984 debut novel Neuromancer.
Authored the dystopic Sprawl trilogy, including Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988).
Wrote The Difference Engine (1990) in collaboration with Bruce Sterling, an important work of steampunk.
Achieved mainstream bestseller status with novels like Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook Country (2007), and Zero History (2010).
His work is cited as influencing academia, design, film, literature, music, cyberculture, philosophy, and technology.

Biography

William Ford Gibson, born March 17, 1948, is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist. He is widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk, a category from which he has repeatedly distanced himself.