Virginia Heffernan is a journalist and critic who writes extensively about the Internet and the intersection of culture and technology. She has served as a staff writer for
The New York Times, senior editor at
Harper's, founding editor at
Talk, and TV critic for
Slate. Her latest book,
Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, explores the logic and aesthetics of the online world. It has been named a
New York Times Book Review Editor's Pick and WIRED's #1 Summer Must-Read.