Vince Averello

Laura Monsen is a professional instructor with more than seven years experience teaching computer application classes. For the past five years she has been teaching a variety of spreadsheet, project management, database, and graphics application classes for Productivity Point International. Laura is the author of Using Microsoft Excel 97 and has been a contributing author on a number of other highly successful books including Special Edition Using Microsoft Project 98 and Special Edition Using Microsoft Project 95.

Mikal E. Belicove

Mikal Belicove is a seasoned blogger and informationage

visionary who’s hotwired to the Internet and the

Internet community.Mikal maintains his own blog at

Belicove.com, where he encourages the exploration and

exchange of ideas in the online community. His enthusiasm

over electronic publishing and information sharing

and his drive to steer others to the highest-quality

web resources boost this version of Que’s Internet

Yellow Pages to the next level.Mikal currently freelances

as a business blogging strategist, brand positioning and

marketing consultant, and publicist. His work involves

consulting with his clients on the most effective ways

to establish authentic “thought-leader” status through

their blogs and websites.

Joe Kraynak has taught hundreds of thousands of

novice computer users how to master their computers

and their software. His long list of computer books

includes Easy Internet, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to

Computer Basics, Using and Upgrading PCs, and

Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Excel. Joe’s wide range of

computer and training experience has helped him

develop a strong commitment to making computers,

software, and the Internet more easily accessible to

users of all levels of experience.

Nancy Conner

Nancy Conner writes and edits tech books from her home in central New York state, on topics ranging from eBay to WAN optimization to Google Apps. She’s also worked as a medievalist, an English teacher, and a corporate trainer. Nancy holds a PhD from Brown University.

Adrienne Crew

Peter Kuhns is a published computer book author, photo-blogger and publishing consultant. Adrienne Crew is a blogger and licensing professional who is a co-editor of Laist.com, a group blog read by more than 80,000 unique users each month. She is also a licensed attorney and legal educator with superior research skills that she uses to teach others in their search for information both online and off.

Sherry Kinkoph Gunter

Sherry Kinkoph Gunter has written and edited oodles of books over the past 18 years covering a wide variety of computer topics, including Microsoft Office programs, digital photography, and Web applications. Her recent titles include Sams Teach Yourself Facebook in 10 Minutes, Craigslist 4 Everyone, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Bible, and Master VISUALLY Dreamweaver and Flash CS3. Sherry began writing computer books back in ’92 for Macmillan Computer Publishing, and her flexible writing style has allowed her to be an author for an assortment of imprints and to write in a variety of formats. Sherry’s ongoing quest is to aid users of all levels in mastering ever-changing computer technologies, helping users make sense of it all, and showing them how to get the most out of their machines and online experiences. Sherry currently resides in a swamp in the wilds of east central Indiana with a lovable ogre and a menagerie of interesting creatures.

Faithe Wempen

Vince Averello has been a professional geek for more than twenty years. During those often funny, sometimes frightening but always interesting years, he’s worked for over ten organizations lending his expertise to a variety of projects. Every one of them has been a learning experience so now he knows a little bit about a lot of things ranging from the Internet to garment trucking. Vince lives in lovely midtown Bayonne, New Jersey with his loving wife, and two amusing kids. He still hopes one day to pilot a giant robot like his hero Kouji Kabuto.

Mikal E. Belicove is a Laguna Beach, California-based freelance writer, ghost blogger, and corporate communications and business management consultant. His areas of expertise include business blogging and ghost blogging, public relations, book publishing and managing book projects, personal branding and market positioning, online social networking for business, and producing websites, blogs, and landing pages. Mikal is hot-wired to the Internet and the Internet community. He is the coauthor of the 2007 edition of the Internet Yellow Pages (Que Publishing, 2006), and regularly pens feature articles for Lumin Publishing’s business and lifestyle magazines, including Business Connect Magazine, Community Magazine, and Launch. When he is not writing articles or ghosting blog entries for clients, Mikal can be found musing about the world around him on his own personal blog at www.Belicove.com.

As the author of three books on websites and applications (eBay, QuickBase, and Google Apps), Nancy Conner knows her way around the Internet. Her other publications have covered topics ranging from real estate to WAN Optimization, and from English education to the Unified Modeling Language. Nancy lives in the Finger Lakes region of New York, where she also works as an editor and corporate trainer. Her first novel, a mystery titled Peace, Love, and Murder, is forthcoming in 2009.

Adrienne Crew is an author and intellectual property attorney residing in Los Angeles. She coauthored Blogosphere: Best of Blogs in 2006. Her work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, and the Los Angeles Times. She contributes to the LAObserved.com media blog.

Sherry Kinkoph Gunter has written and edited oodles of books over the past 16 years covering a wide variety of computer topics, including Microsoft Office programs, digital photography, and Web applications. Her recent titles include Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Microsoft Office 2007 and Master VISUALLY Dreamweaver and Flash CS3. Sherry’s ongoing quest is to help users of all levels master the ever-changing computer technologies. No matter how many times software manufacturers throw out a new version or upgrade, Sherry vows to be there to make sense of it all and help computer users get the most out of their machines. Sherry currently resides in a swamp in the wilds of central Indiana with a lovable ogre and a menagerie of interesting creatures.

Faithe Wempen is an adjunct instructor of computer technology at IUPUI and the author of more than 100 books on computer hardware and software, including Special Edition Using Microsoft Word 2007. She has taught Internet, Office, and Windows skills to more than a quarter-million online students for corporate clients including CNET, HP, and Sony.