![]() ![]() However, the type of writer she wanted to be kept changing and in high school, she did a lot of writing from short stories, to poems. Johnson always wanted to become an author since he was fifteen and it would become something of an identity over the years. He graduated with an English literature degree from Columbia University, before he went on to start a career as a writer. He would then go to Brown University for his undergraduate studies, where he was a student of semiotics, which was under the media and modern culture department. ![]() Steven Johnson was brought up in Washington DC and went to St. He currently makes his home in Marin County in California. He currently blogs on his blog at and is also very active on Twitter. Steven Johnson has also lectured on cultural, scientific and technological issues. Some of the programs where he has been include Jim Lehrer’s “The NewsHour,” Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” and “The Charlie Rose Show” among many others. He has made appearances on several award winning television programs. Among the publications he has written for include “The Nation,” “The Wall Street Journal” and “The New York Times” among several other periodicals. Steven has done the rounds in the writing world and written for a ton of prestigious magazines and publications across the United States. “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live,” his blockbuster article that he wrote in “TIME,” was the winner of the Newhouse School Mirror Awards. Johnson works at “Wired Magazine” as a contributing editor and in 2009, he worked at Columbia University’s The Journalism School as Hearst New Media’s Professional-in-Residence. ![]() In addition to his writing, he is also a board member of several companies including Nerve, Betaworks and. Steven is also the co-creator of the Webby Award winning community site, FEED, a pioneering online magazine, and outside.in, the hyperlocal media site recently acquired by AOL. Over the years, his works have been translated into more than twelve languages. “The Ghost Map,” which is one of his most popular works, was on “Entertainment Weekly’s” list of ten best non fiction works of 2006. He was once named on the list of Top Ten Brains of the Digital Future by “Prospect Magazine.” He has also been the finalist of Best Business Book of 2010 at the 800CEORead Awards for the novel “Where Good Ideas Come From.” “The Economist” also named the novel one of the best books in the same year. His writings have significiantly influenced everything from the fight against terrorism in the 21st century, how political campaigns work in the modern age and cutting edge ideas in urban planning. He lives in Marin County, California with his wife and three sons.Steven Johnson is an award winning and best selling writer who writes works on the intersection of personal experience, technology and science. He lectures widely on technological, scientific, and cultural issues. He has appeared on many high-profile television programs, including The Charlie Rose Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He won the Newhouse School fourth annual Mirror Awards for his TIME magazine cover article titled "How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live." Steven has also written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and many other periodicals. ![]() Steven is a contributing editor to Wired magazine and is the 2009 Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at The Journalism School, Columbia University. He serves on the advisory boards of a number of Internet-related companies, including, Betaworks, and Nerve. Steven has also co-created three influential web sites: the pioneering online magazine FEED, the Webby-Award-winning community site,, and most recently the hyperlocal media site outside.in, which was acquired by AOL in 2011. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His book The Ghost Map was one of the ten best nonfiction books of 2006 according to Entertainment Weekly. His latest book, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, was a finalist for the 800CEORead award for best business book of 2010, and was ranked as one of the year’s best books by The Economist. In 2010, he was chosen by Prospect magazine as one of the Top Ten Brains of the Digital Future. His writings have influenced everything from the way political campaigns use the Internet, to cutting-edge ideas in urban planning, to the battle against 21st-century terrorism. Steven Johnson is the best-selling author of seven books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. ![]()
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