Ed Bott is a best-selling author of 20 computer
books and an award-winning computer journalist with two decades of
experience in the personal computer industry. For nearly 10 years
he was responsible for PC Computing magazine''s extensive coverage
of every conceivable flavor of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft
Office. For a recent book on computer security, Ed won an
international award of merit from the Society for Technical
Communication. He is a three-time winner of the Computer Press
Award, and he and Woody Leonhard won the prestigious Jesse H. Neal
Award, sometimes referred to as "the Pulitzer Prize of the business
press," in back-to-back years for their work on PC Computing''s
"Windows SuperGuide." He lives in an extremely civilized corner of
the Arizona desert with his wife, Judy, and two amazingly smart and
affectionate cats, Katy and Bianca.
Woody Leonhard describes himself as a
"Certified Office Victim." With more than 20 computer books under
his belt, he''s seen parts of Office that would curl your hair.
Woody''s best known as the publisher of Woody''s Office
Watch, the feisty, weekly, no-holds-barred (and absolutely
free) electronic newsletter that specializes in holding
Microsoft''s feet to the fire. More than half a million people
subscribe to WOW and Woody''s other newsletters
(http://www.woodyswatch.com). He and his cohorts are also
responsible for "Woody''s Office POWER Pack," the number-one add-on
to Microsoft Office. Woody has won eight Computer Press Awards and,
with Ed, two American Business Press Association awards. He and his
son recently gave up the Colorado mountain scene, and now bask in
the glorious sun on Phuket Island, Thailand.