Considered the "most punk" of the cyberpunk authors.
Co-wrote most of Blue Oyster Cult's last two albums, "Heaven Forbid"
and "Curse of the Hidden Mirror."
He has been called "the Lou Reed of Cyberpunk." He has played in bands
such as Sado-Nation, The Panther Moderns, Terror Wrist, and
Obsession.
He lived on the streets for a while in San Francisco in the early
1970s.
His father, John Edward Shirley, was an automotive parts manager, and
his mother Ruth Thomson was a teacher for the blind and deaf. He spent
most of his youth in Oregon.
Published "The Specialist" novels of the 1980s under the pseudonym John
Cutter.
Writing and performing music in the San Francisco Bay Area. (1999)