One of the nation's leading experts on the impact of technology on business and society, Michael Rogers is an interactive media pioneer, novelist and journalist, as well as author of the Weblog The Practical Futurist. He currently serves as Futurist-in-Residence for the New York Times? Company.

For ten years he was vice president of The Washington Post Company's new media division, helping guide both the newspaper and its sister publication Newsweek into the new century, as well as serving as editor and general manager of Newsweek.com.

Before turning to new media, Rogers was a writer for Rolling Stone?, a founding editor of Outside magazine, as well as a contributor of fiction, nonfiction, criticism and photography to dozens of publications. He then joined Newsweek to create the magazine's Technology section, as well as reporting on environmental issues.

Rogers is also a best-selling novelist whose fiction explores the human impact of technology. His five books have been published worldwide, optioned for film and television, and chosen by the Book of the Month Club. His most recent novel, Forbidden Sequence, a suspense story about illegal human genetic engineering, is currently under development as a feature film.

Rogers studied physics and creative writing at Stanford University and has taught creative writing at the University of California. He lives in New York and is currently at work on his next novel.

Websites

http://michaelrogers.com/

Michael Rogers has written the following reviews of Brautigan's books:

"The Gentle Brautigan and the Nasty Seventies: Willard and His Bowling Trophies." The New York Times Book Review 14 Sept. 1975: 4.

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