Neal Stephenson and David McCullough had similar professions, but one received a prestigious award called what?
Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction.
D.M. Pulley D.M. Pulley is the Grand Prize winner of the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and author the Mystery/Thriller novel "The Dead Key". After winning the Amazon Breakthrough award in July 2014, Pulley received a publishing contract with Amazon Publishing (under the Thomas & Mercer imprint).