Walter Jon Williams is an award-winning author who has been listed on the best-seller lists of the New York Times and the Times of London. He is the author of twenty-nine novels and three collections of short fiction.

His first novel to attract serious public attention was Hardwired (1986), described by Roger Zelazny as "a tough, sleek juggernaut of a story, punctuated by strobe-light movements, coursing to the wail of jets and the twang of steel guitars." In 2001 he won a Nebula Award for his novelette, �Daddy�s World,� and won again in 2005 for �The Green Leopard Plague.�

His latest work is The Fourth Wall, a near-future thriller set in the world of Hollywood

Walter has also written for the screen and for television, and has worked in the gaming field.