Stephen G. Kochan

Stephen G. Kochan is author and co-author of Programming in Objective-C 2.0, as well as several bestselling books on the C language, including Programming in C, Programming in ANSI C, and Topics in C Programming. He has also written extensively on Unix, and is author of Exploring the Unix System and Unix Shell Programming. Kochan has been programming Macintosh computers since the introduction of the first Mac in 1984, and wrote Programming C for the Mac for the Apple Press Library.

Patrick Wood

Stephen Kochan is the author or co-author of several best-selling titles on Unix and the C language, including Programming in C, Programming in Objective-C, Topics in C Programming, and Exploring the Unix System. He is a former software consultant for AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he developed and taught classes on Unix and C programming.

Patrick Wood is the CTO of the New Jersey location of Electronics for Imaging. He was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories when he met Mr. Kochan in 1985. Together they founded Pipeline Associates, Inc., a Unix consulting firm, where he was vice president. They co-authored Exploring the Unix System, Unix System Security, Topics in C Programming, and Unix Shell Programming.