Information about the author William Gibson was born in 1948 in South Carolina. He was educated in the USA, emigrated to Canada in 1968, and holds dual citizenship. Gibson began writing in 1977 and made his literary debut with the acclaimed novel Neuromancer, the book that gave rise to the cyberpunk generation and was the first novel to win the holy trinity of science fiction awards: the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards. Although he is best known for his early cyberpunk novels, Gibson's work has evolved over the years, consistently offering a sharp critical perspective on modern societal trends. In 1999, The Guardian praised him as likely the most important novelist of the last two decades. His latest books include Zero History and The Peripheral.