Bruce Bethke is an American author, best known for his 1983 short story "Cyberpunk" which led to the widespread use of the term. His novel, Headcrash won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1995 for SF original paperback published in the US.
Bethke's collected thoughts on the cyberpunk subculture are collected on his website, in an essay entitled "The Etymology of Cyberpunk".
Bethke served as a judge on the Philip K. Dick Award in 2013.