Martin C. Brown seems to have a hand in just about everything. A former IT Director with experience in cross-platform integration, he's also spent a significant amount of his time developing software including all of the technology behind Foodware.net. MC, as he is better known, works closely with Microsoft as an SME developing exams and white papers, is the LAMP Technologies Editor for LinuxWorld magazine and has written books such as the Perl and Python Complete Reference and the Microsoft IIS 6 Delta Guide.

Jeff Cogswell is a software engineer and writer who has been developing software for various industries, including the telecom field, since 1990. His expertise is in C++, Python, and more recently PHP/MySQL. Author of ten books, his most recent works include C++ All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies, LAMP All-in-One Desktop Reference for Dummies, and the forthcoming Designing Highly-Usable Software.

James E. Gaskin has published 14 books (so far) and 12 of them have NetWare in the title. As an independent network consultant for twelve years, Gaskin has hands-on experience with NetWare, NetWare and Unix/Linux integration, Internet access including legal, personnel, and management issues, and the day-to-day concerns of network administrators and corporate management everywhere. Hundreds of case studies, articles, and reviews later, Gaskin understands technology issues facing small, medium, and large enterprises.

Dee-Ann LeBlanc has written for the whole audience range, from Linux for Dummies up to Linux Routing, and is a key course developer for Red Hat's official eLearning series. With 11 books, over 80 articles, a dozen courses, the Lockergnome Penguin Shell newsletter, and Contributing Editorship at LinuxWorld Magazine, and speaking at various conferences, Dee-Ann keeps herself on her proverbial toes.

Margaret Levine Young has co-written several dozen computer books on topics ranging from Windows to Access to the Internet, including The Internet For Dummies, Access All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, Windows XP: The Complete Reference, and Poor Richard's Online Communities. Her books are always task-oriented, explaining how to do what you need to do, rather than listing software features. She has a BA in Computer Science and lives in Vermont.

Ray Lischner has been programming computers since the days of punch cards and paper tape. After earning a BS in computer science from Caltech, he developed software at large and small companies, where he was overpaid and underfulfilled. Eventually he quit the corporate rat race, and now writes books and articles about programming, consults, teaches, and speaks at conferences and user group meetings across the country. He is the author of C++ in a Nutshell, Delphi in a Nutshell, and other award-winning books about computer programming. Ray has an MS in computer science from Oregon State University.

Kirk McElhearn is a freelance writer, journalist and translator. He writes books about Macintosh computers and Mac OS X, has strong experience with Unix and Linux, and contributes for some of the leading Macintosh publications, including MacWorld and TidBITS. His recent books are Microsoft Office v. X Inside Out (by Tom Negrino, Kirk McElhearn and Kate Binder) and Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible, 3rd Edition (by Todd Stauffer and Kirk McElhearn). He is currently completing Unix for Mac OS X: Learning the Command Line and is working on Mastering Mac OS X 3rd Edition (by Todd Stauffer and Kirk McElhearn). He has written user manuals for many popular Macintosh programs, as well as technical documentation for Windows and Linux programs. And as a translator, he works for some of the world's leading computer and telecommunications companies. He lives in Guillestre, France.

Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980. A successful entrepreneur, he's an expert on Unix, Mac OS X and Web design issues, and has written the best-selling books Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours, Creating Cool Web Sites and Learning Unix for Mac OS X. Online work includes tutorials on how to present your startup business to investors and how to build a board of directors. He has a BA in Computer Science, an MS Education and an MBA, and lives with one wife, two kids, two dogs, one cat, one wireless network, and lots of computers in Colorado.

Andrew Watt is an independent consultant and author with an interest and expertise in XML and Web technologies. He has written or contributed to 14 computer books including Designing SVG Web Graphics, SVG Unleashed, XPath Essentials, XML Schema Essentials, Teach Yourself JavaScript in 21 Days and the upcoming XSLT 2.0 Kick Start.

Westley Annis has been writing applications for over twenty years using various languages, specializing in the Visual Basic family of languages. Currently working as an independent consultant and programmer, he helps businesses of all sizes solve hardware, software, and networking issues. He is busy at work on books about Microsoft Word and Visual Basic and has written articles for various websites and contributed research or other assistance on a variety of technical books.

John Zukowski has been involved with Java technology since summer of 1995. He currently conducts strategic Java consulting with JZ Ventures, Inc. and is working with SavaJe Technologies developing a next generation mobile phone platform. John has written numerous books on Java-related technologies including Java Collections, Swing, and JBuilder. He has BS degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Northeastern University and an MS degree from The Johns Hopkins University.