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{{Short description|American science fiction writer (born 1966)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1966|09|16}}
| birth_place   = [[Princeton, New Jersey]], U.S.
| language      = English
| nationality   = American
| occupation    = President, RavenBrick LLC
| genre         = Science fiction
| subject       = Science and technology
| awards        = [[Prometheus Award]]
| website       = {{URL|wilmccarthy.com}}
}}

'''Wil McCarthy''' (born September 16, 1966) is an American science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company),<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.ravenbrick.com/goto/Management_Team|publisher=RavenBrick LLC|title=RavenBrick management team|access-date=2012-04-16}}</ref> and the science columnist for [[Syfy]].  He currently resides in [[Colorado]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345485373|title='Bloom' author biography|publisher=Random House|access-date=2008-03-23}}</ref>  ''Rich Man's Sky'' won the 2022 [[Prometheus Award]].   ''Beggar's Sky'' is a finalist for the 2025 [[Prometheus Award]].

Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of [[programmable matter]], which he calls ''wellstone''.

==Bibliography==
{{Incomplete list|date=October 2023}}

===Novels===
* {{cite book <!--|author=McCarthy, Wil -->|title=Flies from the amber |date=1995 <!--|isbn=0-451-45406-5-->}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=McCarthy, Wil |author-mask=1-->|title=Murder in the solid state |date=1996 <!--|isbn=0-312-85938-4-->}}
* ''[[Bloom (novel)|Bloom]]'' (1998) {{ISBN|0-345-40857-8}}
* ''Antediluvian'' (2019) {{ISBN|978-1481484312}}<ref group=lower-alpha>{{citation|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|title=''Antediluvian''|type=book review|date=October 2019<!-- HTML says review posted online 08/08/2019 -->|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4814-8431-2}}</ref>

;Aggressor Six
# ''[[Aggressor Six]]'' (1994) {{ISBN|0-451-45405-7}}
# ''The Fall of Sirius'' (1996) {{ISBN|0-451-45485-5}}

;The Queendom of Sol
{{Details|The Queendom of Sol}}
# ''[[The Collapsium]]'' (2000) {{ISBN|0-345-40856-X}}<ref group=lower-alpha name="NebulaAwardBestNovel">[[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Nebula Award]] nominee.</ref>
# ''[[The Wellstone]]'' (2003) {{ISBN|0-553-58446-4}}
# ''Lost in Transmission'' (2004) {{ISBN|0-553-58447-2}}
# {{cite book <!--|author=McCarthy, Wil |author-mask=1--> |title=[[To Crush the Moon]] |date=2005 <!--|isbn=0-553-58717-X-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha name="NebulaAwardBestNovel" />

;Rich Man's Sky
# ''Rich Man's Sky'' (2021) {{ISBN|9781982125295}}<ref group=lower-alpha>{{citation|work=Publishers Weekly|title=''Rich Man's Sky''|type=book review|date=April 2021<!-- HTML says review posted online 2/25/2021 -->|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-982125-29-5}}</ref>
# ''Poor Man's Sky'' (2023) {{ISBN|9781982192341}}
# ''Beggar's Sky'' (2024) {{ISBN|9781982193188}}

=== Short fiction ===
<!--;Collections-->
;Stories<ref group=lower-alpha>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>
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!|Year
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|Wyatt Earp 2.0
|2016
|{{cite journal |author=McCarthy, Wil |date=January–February 2016 |title=Wyatt Earp 2.0|journal=Analog Science Fiction and Fact |volume=136 |issue=1&2 |pages=8–41}}
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|Novella
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* "Amerikano Hiaika", ''[[Aboriginal Science Fiction]]'', May/June 1991.
* "Dirtyside Down", Universe 3, 1994.
* "The Dream of Houses", ''[[Analog Science Fiction (magazine)|Analog]]'', November 1995.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading">Appeared on the ''[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]'' recommended reading list.</ref>
* "The Dream of Castles", ''Analog'', April 1997.
* "The Dream of Nations", ''Analog'', October 1998.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading" />
* "Once Upon a Matter Crushed", ''Science Fiction Age'', May 1999.<ref group=lower-alpha name="LocusRecommReading" /><ref group=lower-alpha>[[Theodore Sturgeon Award]] Nominee.</ref><ref group=lower-alpha>Became the first portion of ''The Collapsium''.</ref>
* "No Job Too Small", ''[[Aboriginal Science Fiction]]'', Spring 2001.
* "Pavement Birds", ''Analog'', July/August 2002.
* "He Died that Day, in Thirty Years", ''Once Upon a Galaxy,'' 2002
* "Garbage Day", ''Analog'', December 2002.<ref group=lower-alpha>Became part of ''The Wellstone''.</ref>

===Non-fiction===
* "[http://www.wilmccarthy.com/nature.pdf Programmable Matter]" (AKA "Programmable Matter: A Retrospective"), ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', October 6, 2000. {{doi|10.1038/35036656}}.
* "[https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.10/atoms.html Ultimate Alchemy]", ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' 9.10, October 2001
* ''[[Hacking Matter (book)|Hacking Matter]]'' (2003), {{ISBN|0-465-04428-X}}
* "[https://spectrum.ieee.org/this-looks-like-a-job-forsuperatoms This Looks Like a Job for...Superatoms]", ''[[IEEE Spectrum]]'', August 2005

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==Other media==
===Radio plays===
* ''[[I Love Bees]]'', writer<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.seanstewart.org/interactive/ilovebees/|author=Sean Stewart|author-link=Sean Stewart|title=I love bees information page|access-date=2012-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb name|id=1788424}}</ref>

===Radio appearances===
* ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]'', "Programmable Matter", April 18, 2003<ref>{{citation|publisher=Coast to Coast AM|title=Programmable Matter|date=April 18, 2003|url=http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2003/04/18}}</ref>
* ''Coast to Coast AM'', "Quantum Dots", April 26, 2004<ref>{{citation|publisher=Coast to Coast AM|title=Quantum Dots|date=April 26, 2004|url=http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2004/04/26}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.wilmccarthy.com/ WilMcCarthy.com]
* {{isfdb name|id=Wil_McCarthy|name=Wil McCarthy}}
* {{IMDb name|1788424}}
* [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=mccarthy%2C+wil&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT Wil McCarthy U.S. patents]

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