David is a best-selling author, astrophysicist, engineer, and philosopher whose future-oriented novels include The Postman and Earth. He won the Hugo Award for his novels Startide Rising and The Uplift War. He is a leading commentator on tech trends and is a featured speaker for over 100 government and business organizations.

David’s nonfiction book, The Transparent Society, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. His newest novel Existence asks: “Billions of planets may be ripe for life, even intelligence. So where is everybody?”

David serves on advisory panels in astronomy, nanotechnology, tech ethics, SETI, and NASA innovative concepts.