Rudy Rucker is a writer, a mathematician, and a former computer science professor. He received Philip K. Dick awards for his cyberpunk novels Software and Wetware, available in the Ware Tetralogy. He recently published his autobiography, Nested Scrolls, and an SF novel, Turing & Burroughs, featuring Alan Turing and William Burroughs wreaking havoc on 1950s America. His next novel is The Big Aha, a hard-boiled whirlwind of enlightenment, aliens, and telepathy. Coming this winter. More info at www.rudyrucker.com.