Cory Doctorow
Science fiction author and activist
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science fiction author, journalist and activist who campaigns for digital rights and looser copyright.
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Born 1971 in Toronto, Canada
About Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow was born in Toronto in 1971 and works as a blogger, journalist and science fiction author. He served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing and has campaigned for liberalising copyright laws. He also uses some Creative Commons licences for his books. He spent more than twenty years with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) working on digital human rights, and he co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. He writes the daily newsletter Pluralistic.net. His nonfiction includes Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, Chokepoint Capitalism and The Internet Con. He has also written novels for adults and young readers, such as Little Brother and Walkaway. In 2020 he received a place in the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.