Alec Nevala-Lee

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<p><strong>Alec Nevala-Lee</strong> was born in Castro Valley, California, and graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in classics. He was a 2019 Hugo and Locus Award finalist for <em>Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction</em>, which was named one of the best books of the year by <em>The Economist</em>, and is the author of three novels, including <em>The Icon Thief</em>. His nonfiction has appeared in the <em>New York Times</em>, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, Salon, The Daily Beast, Longreads, The Rumpus, Public Books, and the <em>San Francisco Bay Guardian</em>, and his short stories have been published in <em>Analog Science Fiction and Fact,</em> <em>Lightspeed</em>, and <em>The Year’s Best Science Fiction</em>. He lives with his wife and daughter in Oak Park, Illinois. </p>