Primary Job Title Editor At Large Primary Organization 
Wired Magazine
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
Website www.stevenlevy.com Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Steven Levy is a journalist who writes about computers, technology, cryptography, internet, cyber security, privacy, and more. He is currently a senior writer at Wired Magazine, a monthly magazine that covers technology news. Prior to this, he worked as the senior editor, chief technology correspondent, and writer of a column called the
Technologist at Newsweek.
Levy’s works have appeared in a wide range of publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, and Premiere. He has written seven books: Hackers, Crypto, The Perfect Thing, Insanely Great, Artificial Life, Starting from Scratch, and In the Plex.
“Hackers” was named as the best sci-tech book written in the last twenty years by PC Magazine. “Crypto” won the grand eBook prize at the 2001 Frankfurt Book festival. “In the Plex” was chosen as the best book of 2011 in the business and investing category by Amazon. In 2006, his Wired profile of publisher Tim O’Reilly was included in “Best of Technology Writing 2006,” a tech anthology.
Levy has interviewed Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Jobs, and more.
Levy has a bachelor's degree from Temple University and a master's degree in literature from Pennsylvania State University.
Steven Levy lives in New York, United States.
