Presented by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society November 13-15 1998 at the Adam's Mark Hotel Born in 1953, Walter Jon Williams began writing in his late twenties, dabbling in science fiction for several years. With the advent of cyberpunk, his work proliferated, and he quickly became one of the movement's foremost authors. His first accomplishment in his new-found field was the Hardwired stories, in which the author's fascination by and dexterity with such concepts as corporate fascism and bio-mechanical implants were richly apparent. Since then, Williams has published other storylines, like Crown Jewels and Days of Atonement. Recent novels to his credit include City on Fire, Rock of Ages, and 1995's Metropolitan, which was nominated for the Nebula Award. His 1985 book Knight Moves, a novel about an immortal's attempts to repopulate a ravaged Earth with mythological creatures, was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award. Walter Jon Williams's work has appeared in The Year's Best Science Fiction, Isaac Asimov's SF, and other notable SF magazines. He has also created two games, Privateers and Gentlemen in 1981 and Hardwired, based on his story sequence by the same name, in 1990.   Links Walter Jon Williams' Webpage Excerpts from City on Fire , Hardwired, and Rock of Ages are all at his webpage More info on Walter Jon Williams and his books at A Very Small Array Excerpt from an interview orginally published by NOVA Express A Fan Page by Colin Glassey Bibliography as printed in NOVA Express View his entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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