Walter Jon Williams is an award-winning author who has been listed on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and the Times of London . He is the author of more than two dozen novels and collections of short fiction.His first novel to attract serious public attention was Hardwired (1986), described by Roger Zelazny as a tough, sleek juggernaut of a story, punctuated by strobe-light movements, coursing to the wail of jets and the twang of steel guitars. In 2001 he won a Nebula Award for his novelette, Daddys World , and won again in 2005 for The Green Leopard Plague .Walters subject matter has an unusually wide range, and include the glittering surfaces of Hardwired , the opulent tapestries of Aristoi , the bleak future police novel Days of Atonement , and the pensive young Mary Shelley of the novella Wall, Stone, Craft , which was nominated for a Hugo, Nebula, and a World Fantasy Award.He has also written for George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards project.

His book The Fourth Wall , is a near-future thriller set in the world of alternate reality gaming.Walter has also written for comics, the screen, and for television, and has worked in the gaming field. He was a writer for the alternate reality game Last Call Poker , and has scripted the mega-hit Spore .