Robert X. Cringely was born on January 28, 1953 in Apple Creek, Ohio, USA. He is a writer, known for The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996), Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2012) and Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (1998). He is married to Mary Alyce Neader. They have three children. He was previously married to Leslie Patricia Elliott.
