Wendy M. Grossman: who?

Wendy M. Grossman is an American freelance writer based in London. I write a weekly column that has appeared every Friday since November 2001 called net.wars. Since 1990 I have specialized in computers, freedom, and privacy, and on such topics I have written for dozens of publications such as Scientific American, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, The Register, The Inquirer, and ZDNet UK. I am also founder and former editor (twice) of the British magazine The Skeptic, and still write for it occasionally. You can read samples of my work here. I have written or edited five books, and have appeared on many TV and radio programs either as a skeptic commenting on paranormal claims or as an expert commentator on Internet issues. Contact information is here.

I am also a sometime folksinger. My CD "The Last Trip Home", my first commercial recording since 1980, is due for release on the Riverlark label in January 2024.

Professional affiliations:

• Advisory Council, Open Rights Group (2005- )
• Advisory Council, Foundation for Information Policy Research
• life member Association of British Science Writers (committee/board member 1998-2021)

Former affiliations:

• Advisory Board, Trust in Digital Life (2013-2018)
• Steering Committee, Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (2013-2018
• Advisory Board, Privacy International
• External Advisory Board, the AHRB Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Law, Edinburgh University(the board was disbanded in 2005)
• At one time or another I have also been a member of the Society of Authors, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the American Federation of Musicians (Local 132).

Books:

• Why Statues Weep: Best of The Skeptic (editor, 2011).
• The Daily Telegraph Small Business Guide to Networking (Macmillan 2003)
• From Anarchy to Power: the Net Comes of Age (NYU Press 2001)
• The Daily Telegraph A-Z Guide to the Internet (Macmillan 2001)
• net.wars, NYU Press 1998
• Remembering the Future: Interviews from Personal Computer World (editor, Springer Verlag 1996)

Other credits:

• Contributor to the Blindside project blog and wiki.
• Co-writer, report on statistical analysis of human rights violations in Sierra Leone with the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (in progress, 3/06).
• Copy editor, No Lobbyists As Such, by Florian Mueller (2005).
• Media appearances on skeptical and Internet topics, including the BBC's Newsnight, Click Online, Kilroy, Whale On..., Esther, Central Weekend, and many more, both TV and radio.
• Served on the Program Committee for CFP in 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
• Helped run the Fleet Street Forum, first on CompuServe, then on LineOne, and now on SmartGroups.
• Produced one album, Roseville Fair (1980).

wg, July 1997 ("How fast was that car going?" -- Andrew Ward). Photo by and copyright (c) Tony Sleep. Used by permission.. This page maintained by wendyg at pelicancrossing.ne. Contact me
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