K.W. Jeter (1950 - )
Kevin Wayne Jeter attended college at California State University, Fullerton where he became friends with James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers, and through them, Philip K. Dick. He is the first person to coin the term "Steampunk," in a letter to Locus magazine in April 1987, to describe the retro-technology, alternate-history works that he published along with his friends, Blaylock and Powers. As well as his own original novels, K. W. Jeter has written a number of authorized Blade Runner sequels. He currently lives in San Francisco with his wife.