David Louis Edelman is an American novelist and web programmer. He is best known for his ''Jump 225'' trilogy, which has earned him nominations for the

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and

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous ...

Early life

He was raised in

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and graduated from

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in 1989. He majored in Writing Seminars at

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, where he graduated in 1993.

Career

Over the years, Edelman's programming work has included websites for the

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and the

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and teaching software for the

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and the World Bank. His work in the

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of the 1990s influenced his first novel ''Infoquake''.

''Jump 225'' trilogy

His

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, ''Infoquake'' (2006), was nominated for the

and named

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's Top SF Novel of 2006. In 2008, his second year of eligibility, he was nominated for the

. His second novel in the series, ''MultiReal'', was released in July 2008.

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's SF blog, listed ''MultiReal'' as one of its top ten books of 2009. The concluding novel of the ''Jump 225'' trilogy, ''Geosynchron,'' was released in February 2010.Pyr New Releases Fall & Winter 2009-2010
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Bibliography

''Jump 225'' trilogy

* ''Infoquake'' (2006) * ''MultiReal'' (2008) * ''Geosynchron'' (2010)

External links

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References

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