Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow
Doctorow in 2019
Born (1971-07-17) 17 July 1971
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationAuthor, blogger
NationalityCanadian,
British, American
GenreScience fiction, postcyberpunk
Notable works
Notable awards
  • John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award
  • Prometheus Award
  • Sunburst Award
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
Children1
Website
pluralistic.net

Cory Efram Doctorow (/ˈkɔːri ˈdɒktəroʊ/; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of its licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics.

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