Robot Uprisings - Daniel H. Wilson

Daniel H. Wilson is a New York Times bestselling author and coeditor of the Robot Uprisings anthology. He earned a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he also received master's degrees in robotics and in machine learning. He has published over a dozen scientific papers, holds four patents, and has written eight books. Wilson has written for Popular Science , Wired , and Discover , as well as online venues such as MSNBC.com, Gizmodo , Lightspeed , and Tor.com. In 2008, Wilson hosted The Works , a television series on the History Channel that uncovered the science behind everyday stuff. His books include How to Survive a Robot Uprising , A Boy and His Bot , Amped , and Robopocalypse (the film adaptation of which is slated to be directed by Steven Spielberg). He lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. Find him on Twitter @danielwilsonPDX. John Joseph Adams is the editor of many bestselling anthologies, such as Oz Reimagined , The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination , Epic: Legends of Fantasy , Other Worlds Than These , Armored , Under the Moons of Mars , Brave New Worlds , Wastelands , The Living Dead , Federations , The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , and The Way of the Wizard . He has been called the reigning king of the anthology world by Barnes & Noble; he is a six-time Hugo Award finalist and a five-time finalist for the World Fantasy Awards. Adams is also the editor and publisher of the magazines Lightspeed and Nightmare , and is the cohost of Wired.com's The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. Find him on Twitter @johnjosephadams.