Sterling, Eliza (b. 1987) is a Canadian-American science fiction writer and former UX engineer. Raised in Ottawa, she studied computer science and human-computer interaction at McGill University and earned an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon. She spent much of the 2010s building augmented reality interfaces for a Seattle startup, work that seeded her fascination with memory, perception, and urban technology. Her short fiction has appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and anthologies focusing on near-future design. She has taught design ethics workshops at community tech labs and guest lectured on speculative prototyping at art schools along the West Coast. When not writing, she restores vintage neon, collects obsolete transit maps, and volunteers with digital-privacy organizations. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with a retired greyhound and too many keyboards.
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