Steven Levy is an American journalist who has written several books on computers, technology, cryptography, the Internet, cyber security and privacy. Levy is a senior editor and chief technology writer for Newsweek, writing mainly on the "Science & Technology" section, and the regular column "Random Access" on the monthly feature "Focus On Technology". He also contributes to Wired, and has had articles published on Harper's, Macworld, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Premiere, and Rolling Stone.

Levy has won several awards, including the Computer Press Association Award for a report he co-wrote in 1998 on the Millennium Bug.

Levy has a Master's degree in literature. He lives in New York City with his wife Teresa Carpenter (a Pulitzer Prize winner) and son.

Books

• Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age (2001)
• Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything (1994)
• Artificial Life: The Quest for a New Creation (1992)
• The Unicorn's Secret: Murder in the Age of Aquarius (1988)
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (1984)

External link

• Steven Levy's website