Steve Silberman
Steve Silberman is an American writer based in San Francisco, California. Silberman is best known as a writer for Wired magazine, where he has been an editor and contributor for 14 years. In 2010, Silberman was awarded the AAAS "Kavli Science Journalism Award for Magazine Writing." His featured article "The Placebo Problem"[1] discussed the impact of placebos on the pharmaceutical industry.[2]
Silberman's 2015 book about autism and neurodiversity was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize.[3][4] Silberman's Wired article "The Geek Syndrome",[5] which focused on autism in Silicon Valley, has been referenced by many sources and has been described as a culturally significant article for the autism community.[6] Silberman's Twitter account made Time magazine's list of the best Twitter feeds for the year 2011.[7]
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Personal life
Silberman studied psychology at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, then received a Masters degree in English literature from Berkeley, where his thesis advisor was Thom Gunn.[8]
Silberman moved to San Francisco in 1979, drawn by three factors: so that he could live "a gay life without fear";[8] because of the music of Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Grateful Dead and others;[9] and so he could be near the San Francisco Zen Center.[10]
Silberman studied with Allen Ginsberg at Naropa University in 1977. After Silberman interviewed Ginsberg for Whole Earth Review in 1987 the two became friends and Ginsberg invited Silberman to be his teaching assistant the next term at Naropa University.[11] The Beat Generation are a regular subject in Silberman's writings. Silberman lives with his husband Keith, a middle-school science teacher, to whom he has been married since 2003.[12]
Awards and honors
- 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize, winner, NeuroTribes[13]
Selected works
Books
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Essays
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Reviews
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Interviews
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References
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- ↑ Anders, Charlie Jane. Why do we want autistic kids to have superpowers? io9, January 25, 2012. Accessed 10-18-2013
- ↑ Pan, Deanna. The Media's Post-Newtown Autism Fail, Mother Jones, December 22, 2012. Accessed 10-18-2013
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- ↑ Shepard, Neil Patrick. Rewiring Difference and Disability: Narratives of Asperger's Syndrome in the Twenty-First Century, 2010, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bowling Green State University, American Culture Studies/Ethnic Studies. Accessed 10-18-2013
- ↑ Melnick, Meredith. The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011, Time, March 28, 2011. Accessed 10-18-2013
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