Neal Stephenson is the author of Termination Shock , Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem ; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle ( Quicksilver, The Confusion , and The System of the World ); Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Zodiac and the iconic Snow Crash , named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels. He lives in Seattle, Washington.