Neal Stephenson is the author of speculative fiction including Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World); Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Zodiac and the iconic Snow Crash. He won the 1996 Hugo science fiction award for Diamond Age and was named one of Time magazine’s top one hundred all-time best English-language novels. He lives in Seattle, Washington.