Tim Knight

Tim Knight has been fascinated by the use and effects of technology since his first published book, The World Connection, foresaw the importance of social media way back in 1982. He has since authored two dozen other books about computers, investing, and financial history. In 1992, he founded Prophet.net, which was selected by both Barron's and Forbes as the best technical analysis website on the web. Ameritrade later acquired the business, providing the service to its millions of customers....See more

Tim Knight has been fascinated by the use and effects of technology since his first published book, The World Connection, foresaw the importance of social media way back in 1982. He has since authored two dozen other books about computers, investing, and financial history. In 1992, he founded Prophet.net, which was selected by both Barron's and Forbes as the best technical analysis website on the web. Ameritrade later acquired the business, providing the service to its millions of customers. After selling his company, Knight created the Slope of Hope (slopeofhope.com), on which he has written almost 50,000 posts about culture, theology, politics, the financial markets, and the media. He has been a resident of Silicon Valley his entire adult life and lives in Palo Alto, California, with his family, multiple dogs, and thousands of well-behaved honeybees. Solid State is his first novel. See less