Happy Birthday Neal Stephenson

I would like to wish author Neal Stephenson a happy birthday today. Stephenson was born in Fort Meade, Maryland and earned a B.A. in geography and a minor in physics from Boston University. He is the author of many fiction novels as well as several works of non-fiction. His work is often categorized as science fiction, cyberpunk, and historical fiction. His latest novel, Reamde, was published on September 20, 2011.