Occupation Short story writer Name William Shunn Nationality American Role Fiction writer | Period 1993–present Education University of Utah Genre Science Fiction | |
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Born Donald William Shunn II
August 14, 1967 (age 56)
Los Angeles, California, USA ( 1967-08-14 ) Books Inclination, Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites Nominations Hugo Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Novelette | ||
November 2015 william shunn
William Shunn (born August 14, 1967) is an American science fiction writer and computer programmer. He was raised in a Latter-day Saint household, the oldest of eight children. He attended the Clarion Workshop in 1985. In 1986, he served a mission to Canada for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but was arrested for making a false bomb threat, for the purpose of preventing his fellow missionary from returning home.
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- November 2015 william shunn
- William shunn interview
- Life and career
- Science fiction
- Nonfiction
- Awards and nominations
- References
William shunn interview
Life and career
Shunn received a B.S. in computer science at the University of Utah in 1991. He went to work for WordPerfect Corporation and was part of the team that developed WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS (the word processor's final major DOS version, released in 1993). In 1995, he moved from Utah to New York City. He left the LDS Church at the same time and created one of the earliest ex-Mormon web sites.
Science fiction
Shunn's first professional short story was published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1993. He has been nominated once for the Hugo Award and twice for the Nebula Award.
Nonfiction
Shunn is the author of a 2015 memoir, The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary..
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, he created what may have been the first online survivor registry.