Neal Stephenson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Neal Stephenson
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Oct 31, 1959(1959-10-31)
Age	65
Birthplace	Fort Meade
Country	United States
Birth City	Maryland
Horoscope	Libra

Neal Stephenson Biography

Neal Stephenson is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on October 31, 1959 in Fort Meade, Maryland, United States. He is an American author of speculative fiction. His best-known novels include Snow Crash, which was nominated for the An American writer of speculative fiction, he is best known for novels such as Snow Crash (which was nominated for both the British Science Fiction Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award) and Cryptonomicon (which received the Locus Science Fiction Award in 2000). He also had a career as a designer of games. Award and the British Science Fiction Award), and Cryptonomicon, which won the Locus Science Fiction Award 2000. He was also a game designer.

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Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction.

Stephenson studied at Boston University, first specializing in physics, then switching to geography after he found that it would allow him to spend more time on the university mainframe. He graduated in 1981 with a B.A. in geography and a minor in physics. Since 1984, Stephenson has lived mostly in the Pacific Northwest and currently lives in Seattle with his family.

He was the son of scientist parents and was born in Fort Meade (Maryland). In 1985, he married Ellen Marie Lackermann.

Neal Stephenson Net Worth

Neal Stephenson is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neal Stephenson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Boston University and majored in geography with a minor in physics. Blue Origin, an aerospace company privately funded by the government, was his next job.

His works include science fiction, historical fiction and cyberpunk.

Born on October 31, 1959 in Fort Meade, Maryland, Stephenson came from a family of engineers and scientists; his father is a professor of electrical engineering while his paternal grandfather was a physics professor. His mother worked in a biochemistry laboratory, and her father was a biochemistry professor. Stephenson’s family moved to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, in 1960 and then in 1966 to Ames, Iowa. He graduated from Ames High School in 1977.

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Who is Neal Stephenson Dating?

According to our records, Neal Stephenson married to Ellen Marie Lackermann. As of December 1, 2023, Neal Stephenson’s is not dating anyone.

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Following this, Stephenson wrote Anathem (2008), a long and detailed novel of speculative fiction. It is set in an Earthlike world (perhaps in an alternative reality), deals with metaphysics, and refers heavily to Ancient Greek philosophy, while at the same time being a complex commentary on the insubstantiality of today’s society.

Facts & Trivia

Neal Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Neal Stephenson celebrates birthday on October 31 of every year.

Stephenson’s novel REAMDE was released on September 20, 2011. The title is a play on the common filename README. This thriller, set in the present, centers around a group of MMORPG developers caught in the middle of Chinese cyber- criminals, Islamic terrorists, and Russian mafia.

What order should I read Neal Stephenson books?

• Cryptonomicon (1999) (read description above)
• Snow Crash (1992) …
• The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer (1995) …
• Anathem (2008) …
• Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (2019) …
• The Big U (1984)
• Interface (1994)

What did Snow Crash predict?

What ‘Snow Crash’ predicted. Set in the early 21st century, “Snow Crash” imagines a bleak future: The global economy has collapsed, and federal governments have lost most of their power to a handful of giant corporations.

Is Snow Crash a dystopia?

Journalist David M. Perry wrote, “ The #metaverse in snow crash was part of an extreme dystopia fueled by unregulated corporate takeover of all basic government functions on a for-profit basis!”

Who wrote Snow Crash?

Neal Stephenson

Is the Baroque Cycle any good?

Far from being an instance of esoteric cult fiction, however, the Baroque Cycle is one of the greatest historical novels ever written , far superior in plot, characterisation, drama, and historical depth to War and Peace, and – for my money – significantly more impressive than Hilary Mantel’s much praised novels about …