John Shirley is the author of numerous novels and books of stories, including the best- selling Bioshock: Rapture and the A SONG CALLED YOUTH cyberpunk trilogy. Among his many books are the novels Eclipse Corona, Black Glass: The Lost Cyberpunk Novel, City Come A-Walkin' , Bleak History, Wetbones, Demons, The Other End, and Crawlers. He was one of the original cyberpunk authors and has collaborated with Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker and William Gibson. He also authored the nonfiction work Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas, and the story collections Black Butterflies (which won the Bram Stoker award and which was chosen by PW as one of the best books of that year) and In Extremis. He was co-screenwriter of the film The Crow, has written scripts for television series including Deep Space Nine and VR5. He also writes song lyrics for the Blue Oyster Cult and others. His newest novel is the near-future political allegory Everything is Broken, coming from Prime Books in late 2011. The fan-created info site on JS is www.darkecho.com/johnshirley