Steven Levy

Steven Levy covers the gamut of tech subjects for WIRED, in print and online, and has been contributing to the magazine since its inception. His writes Backchannel, a weekly newsletter that puts the biggest tech stories in perspective. He has been writing about technology for more than 30 years, writing columns for Rolling Stone and Macworld, leading technology coverage for Newsweek, and cocreating a tech publication, Backchannel, on Medium. (Backchannel was integrated into WIRED in 2017.) He has written eight books, including Hackers, Crypto, Artificial Life, Insanely Great (a history of the Macintosh),  In the Plex (the definitive story of Google), and most recently Facebook: The Inside Story. He attended Temple University and has a master’s degree in literature from Penn State. He is based in New York City. Contact him at [email protected] or on Signal at stevenlevy.72.