William Hertling Follow

William Hertling is the author of the award-winning novels Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer than It Appears, A.I. Apocalypse, The Last Firewall and The Turing Exception. These near-term science-fiction novels explore the emergence of artificial intelligence, coexistence of humans and smart machines, and the impact of social reputation, technological unemployment, and other near-future issues. His novels have been called “frighteningly plausible,” “tremendous,” and “must read.” Wired called Avogadro Corp “chilling and compelling.”

His most recent novel, Kill Process, is a data ownership and privacy technothriller about a computer hacker turned serial killer turned startup founder.

Avogadro Corp won Forewords Review Science Fiction Book of the Year and A.I. Apocalypse, The Last Firewall and The Turing Exception were all nominated for the Prometheus Award for Best Novel. The Last Firewall was endorsed by tech luminaries including Harper Reed (CTO for Obama Campaign), Ben Huh (CEO Cheezburger), and Brad Feld (managing director Foundry Group), Amber Case (cyborg anthropologist) and Chris Anderson (CEO 3DRobotics, former Editor-in-Chief Wired).

A frequent speaker on the future of technology, science fiction, and indie publishing, Hertling has spoken at SXSW Interactive, WebVisions, Defrag, OryCon, University of Colorado at Boulder, Willamette Writers Conference, CIO Platform Nederlands and other regional conferences.