Vernor Vinge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vernor Vinge

American mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction writer

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1944

Place of Birth: Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States

Profession: writer, computer scientist, mathematician, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Vernor Steffen Vinge ( (listen); born October 2, 1944) is an American science fiction author and retired professor.
He taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University.
He is the first wide-scale popularizer of the technological singularity concept and perhaps the first to present a fictional "cyberspace".
He has won the Hugo Award for his novels and novellas A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999), Rainbows End (2006), Fast Times at Fairmont High (2002), and The Cookie Monster (2004).