THE HOUSE AT THE BRIDGE: A STORY OF MODERN GERMANY

Katie Hafner is a writer for the New York Times's Circuits section. Before that, she was technology correspondent for Newsweek. She has written three books: "Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet," (with Matthew Lyon), "The House at the Bridge: A Story of Modern Germany," and "Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier" (with John Markoff). She has also written for The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Working Woman, Wired and Upside. Hafner's fascination with Germany began when she was in college, and studied with Rheinhard Lettau, a well-known German novelist and playwright.