Jack Womack

Jack Womack was born in Kentucky in 1956 but currently lives in New York City. In addition to his writing he has worked in publicity for a number of major US publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit. Exploring themes such as urban breakdown racial tension and class wars the city of New York plays a large part in the post-Cyberpunk near-future setting of his novels. He won the 1993 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD with ELVISSEY and has the distinction of being William Gibson's favourite author.