Steven Johnson is the author of the US bestsellers Mind Wide Open and Emergence. Johnson’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Guardian, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He also writes for Discover magazine and Wired.com, and was co-founder of the award-winning websites FEED and Plastic.com.

He teaches at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and also hosts a weblog at www.stevenberlinjohnson.com