Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company), and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.
Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls wellstone.
Hacking Matter (2003) ISBN 0-465-04428-XNovels
Flies from the Amber (1995) ISBN 0-451-45406-5Murder in the Solid State (1996) ISBN 0-312-85938-4Bloom (1998) ISBN 0-345-40857-8Aggressor Six (1994) ISBN 0-451-45405-7The Fall of Sirius (1996) ISBN 0-451-45485-5The Collapsium (2000) ISBN 0-345-40856-X — Nebula Award nominee.The Wellstone (2003) ISBN 0-553-58446-4Lost in Transmission (2004) ISBN 0-553-58447-2To Crush the Moon (2005) ISBN 0-553-58717-X — Nebula Award nominee."Amerikano Hiaika", Aboriginal SF, May/June 1991."Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994."The Dream of Houses", Analog, November 1995. Locus recommended reading list."The Dream of Castles", Analog, April 1997."The Dream of Nations", Analog, October 1998. Locus recommended reading list."Once Upon a Matter Crushed", Science Fiction Age, May 1999. Theodore Sturgeon Award Nominee. Locus recommended reading list. Became the first portion of The Collapsium."No Job Too Small", Aboriginal SF, Spring 2001."Pavement Birds", Analog, July/August 2002."Garbage Day", Analog, December 2002. Became part of The Wellstone.I Love Bees, writer"Programmable Matter, A Retrospective", Nature, October 6, 2000."Ultimate Alchemy", Wired Magazine 9.10, October, 2001"This looks like a job for...Superatoms", IEEE Spectrum, August, 2005Coast to Coast AM, "Programmable Matter", April 18, 2003Coast to Coast AM, "Quantum Dots", April 26, 2004 
