Meet the collaborators on the 72-hour book project
Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the Department of English. Ed’s research and teaching explore digital narratives, contemporary culture and the intersection of the humanities, arts and sciences. He completed his PhD in English and American literature at Stanford University in 2011. http://csi.asu.edu
Jane Friedman, Web Editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review, based at the University of Virginia, where she also teaches digital publishing and online writing. Former publisher of Writer’s Digest. Her newest digital media initiative is Scratch Magazine, a quarterly magazine all about the intersection of writing and money. http://janefriedman.com/
Dan Gillmor, author and professor at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication; regular contributor to The Guardian and Mediactive. http://dangillmor.com/
Brian David Johnson, Futurist at Intel Corporation and author of nonfiction, short stories and novels, including Vintage Tomorrows; Science Fiction Prototyping: Designing the Future with Science Fiction; Screen Future: The Future of Entertainment Computing and the Devices We Love; Fake Plastic Love; and Nebulous Mechanisms: The Dr. Simon Egerton Stories. http://twitter.com/IntelFuturist
Lee Konstantinou, Novelist; Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland; Associate Editor for Fiction and Criticism, Los Angeles Review of Books. Lee wrote the novel Pop Apocalypse: A Possible Satire (HarperCollins, 2009) and co-edited The Legacy of David Foster Wallace (University of Iowa, 2012) with Samuel Cohen. http://leekonstantinou.com/
Charles Stross, Science fiction writer and contributor to Foreign Policy magazine. The author of six Hugo-nominated novels and winner of the 2005 and 2010 Hugo awards for best novella, he has won numerous other awards and his work has been translated into at least 12 other languages. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/
Corey Pressman taught anthropology for 12 years before founding Exprima Media, a software design and development company that partners with content providers to envision, design and develop compelling and effective interactive experiences. Corey delivers presentations on a variety of topics including the future of publishing, interaction design and global mobile initiatives. http://www.exprimamedia.com/
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