Steven Levy | |
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Author Steven Levy at a book signing at Nest Labs in Palo Alto, February 2014 | |
Born | 1951 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | (age 73)
Occupation | Author, columnist |
Alma mater | Temple University (BA) Pennsylvania State University (MA) |
Genre | non-fiction (science-technology, business) |
Notable works | |
Spouse | Teresa Carpenter |
Children | 1 son |
Website | |
stevenlevy |
Steven Levy (born 1951) is an American journalist and editor at large for Wired who has written extensively for publications on computers, technology, cryptography, the internet, cybersecurity, and privacy. He is the author of the 1984 book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, which chronicles the early days of the computer underground. Levy published eight books covering computer hacker culture, artificial intelligence, cryptography, and multi-year exposés of Apple, Google, and Facebook. His most recent book, Facebook: The Inside Story, recounts the history and rise of Facebook from three years of interviews with employees, including Chamath Palihapitiya, Sheryl Sandberg, and Mark Zuckerberg.[1]