I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote.

He lived in Belgrade with Serbian author and film-maker Jasmina Tešanović for several years. Flurb 6 Speech at the Austin Game Developers Conference. In the speech where he offered "spime" he noted that the term "blobject" with which he is sometimes credited was passed on to him by industrial designer Karim Rashid.

This work helped to define the cyberpunk genre.