Ramez Naam
American science fiction writer and technologist; author of the Nexus trilogy.
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- Ramez Naam is an American technologist and science fiction writer, born in Cairo, Egypt.
- He wrote the Nexus trilogy and the non-fiction books More than Human and The Infinite Resource.
- He worked at Microsoft for 13 years on Outlook, Internet Explorer and Bing.
- He lectures on energy, environment and innovation at Singularity University.
- Nexus won the Prometheus Award in 2014 and Apex the Philip K.
- Dick Award in 2015.
Key facts
- Born
- Cairo, Egypt; moved to the United States at age three1
- Before
- 13 years at Microsoft, leading teams on Outlook, Internet Explorer and Bing1
- Teaching
- Adjunct professor at Singularity University (energy, environment and innovation)1
- Fiction
- Nexus (2012), Crux (2013), Apex (2015)1
- Non-fiction
- More than Human (2005); The Infinite Resource (2013)1
- Awards
- Prometheus Award for Nexus (2014); Philip K. Dick Award for Apex (2015); H.G. Wells Award (2005)1
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