Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was born on August 6, 1972. Bacigalupi has won numerous prestigious awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards. He has also been nominated for the National Book Award.

His fiction has appeared in renowned publications such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, and the environmental journal High Country News. Bacigalupi's nonfiction essays have been featured on Salon.com and in High Country News, with syndication in newspapers like the Idaho Statesman, the Albuquerque Journal, and The Salt Lake Tribune.