Ellen Ullman

Ellen Ullman wrote her first computer program in 1978. She went on to have a twenty-year career as a programmer and software engineer. Her essays and books have become landmark works describing the social, emotional, and personal effects of technology. She is the author of the novels: By Blood , a New York Times Notable Book; and The Bug , a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her memoir, Close to the Machine , about her life as a software engineer during the internet's first rise, became a...See more

Ellen Ullman wrote her first computer program in 1978. She went on to have a twenty-year career as a programmer and software engineer. Her essays and books have become landmark works describing the social, emotional, and personal effects of technology. She is the author of the novels: By Blood , a New York Times Notable Book; and The Bug , a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her memoir, Close to the Machine , about her life as a software engineer during the internet's first rise, became a cult classic. She is based in San Francisco. See less