ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California. He briefly attended the University of California but dropped out before completing any classes. He began writing professionally in 1952 and published many novels and short-story collections. He won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1963 for The Man in the High Castle and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel in 1975 for Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982, in Santa Ana, California, of heart failure following a stroke.