Reza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher best known for pioneering the genre of 'theory-fiction' with his book Cyclonopedia which was listed as one of Artforum’s best books of 2009.
Negarestani has contributed extensively to journals and anthologies and lectured at numerous international universities and institutes. He has been a regular contributor to Collapse, as well as other print and web publications such as Ctheory. Negarestani is currently lecturing and writing about rationalist universalism.