author : Ellen Ullmanfacebook : https://www.facebook.com/ellenullman/timeline?ref=page_internalEllen Ullman is the author of The Bug, a New York Times Notable Book and runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the cult classic memoir Close to the Machine, based on her years as a rare female computer programmer in the early years of the personal computer era. She lives in San Francisco.