Hugh Howey
Geboren: June 23, 1975 – Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Hugh Howey is an American science-fiction author whose work explores dystopian futures, survival, and technology’s social consequences. He is best known for Wool, later expanded into the Silo series, as well as Beacon 23 and Sand. A breakout self-publishing success, his books have sold millions and been translated widely.
Biografie & Werdegang des Autors
Hugh Howey grew up in North Carolina in a household shaped by a farmer father, a schoolteacher mother, and his own early fascination with books, science, and sailing. The physical world around him mattered: farm silos, spiral staircases, boats, and engines later became part of his fictional vocabulary. At the College of Charleston he began as a physics major, later shifted toward English, and ultimately left without graduating as work at sea kept interrupting the conventional path. Before literary fame, he moved through practical jobs including computer repair, yacht work, audio-video installation, and bookselling, experiences that helped give his fiction its blend of mechanical realism, working-world detail, and wanderer’s perspective. ((https://hughhowey.com/about/))
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Stimmen der Community
"Bestselling science fiction author Hugh Howey has a devoted fan base"
— Kirkus Reviews
"Hugh Howey's sales record has made New York publishing houses take notice"
— Publishers Weekly
"Hugh Howey doesn't need a publisher, thank you very much"
— Charleston City Paper
"Hugh Howey, author of the Silo Saga, talks about making it big in self-publishing"
— TechCrunch
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— WIRED
"With Wool Hugh Howey has created a new science fiction classic"
— Ernest Cline
"Self-publishing's poster boy Hugh Howey is trying to kindle an author revolution"
— The Guardian
"Wool author Hugh Howey sees the book industry heading in all directions at once"
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