David Louis Edelman

David Louis Edelman is a science fiction novelist and web programmer. As the author of the Jump 225 trilogy (Infoquake, MultiReal, and Geosynchron), he has received nominations for the John W. Campbell Award for Best Novel, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Barnes & Noble’s SF Novel of the Year (winner 2006), and spots on best-of-the-year lists by io9, Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, and SFFWorld. Locus magazine called the trilogy "a seminal work of 21st century SF."

Edelman has also programmed websites for the U.S. Army, the FBI, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Jesuit Conference of America, and Rolls-Royce; taught software to members of the U.S. Congress and the World Bank; and directed the marketing departments of biometric and e-comme

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