David Louis Edelman

I'm a science fiction novelist, blogger, and web programmer in Washington, D.C. I was a finalist for the 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. My first... more

I'm a science fiction novelist, blogger, and web programmer in Washington, D.C. I was a finalist for the 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. My first novel, "Infoquake," was published in summer 2006 by Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books. Barnes & Noble Explorations called the book "the love child of Donald Trump and Vernor Vinge," then later named it their Top SF Novel of 2006. "Infoquake" was also nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel. The book was re-released in mass market paperback by Solaris Books in June 2008. My second novel, "MultiReal" (the sequel to "Infoquake"), was called "a thoroughly-successful hybrid of Neuromancer and Wall Street" by Hugo nominee Peter Watts, and listed as one of the top SF novels of 2008 by io9, Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist and SFFWorld. My third novel, "Geosynchron" (the conclusion to the "Jump 225 Trilogy") was released by Pyr in February of 2010. Locus magazine called it "a seminal work of 21st century SF," while Library Journal said the book "tak[es] cyberpunk to the next level." In addition to writing novels, I have also programmed websites for the U.S. Army, the FBI, and Rolls-Royce; taught software to the U.S. Congress and the World Bank; written articles for the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun; and directed the marketing departments of biometric and e-commerce companies.