Wil McCarthy

Wil McCarthy
Born (1966-09-16) September 16, 1966 (age 58)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationPresident, RavenBrick LLC
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreScience fiction
SubjectScience and technology
Notable awardsPrometheus Award
Website
wilmccarthy.com

Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966) is an American science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company),[1] and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.[2] Rich Man's Sky won the 2022 Prometheus Award.

Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls wellstone.

  1. ^ RavenBrick management team, RavenBrick LLC, retrieved April 16, 2012
  2. ^ "'Bloom' author biography". Random House. Retrieved March 23, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)