Because she's so user-focused, Kathy didn't toot her own horn! So I should do it for her. Her first book for O'Reilly, Head First Java, immediately vaulted to the top of the Java charts, where it stayed for the better part of two years, achieving sales numbers that would have made the book a bestseller even during the boom years. What knocked it off the #1 spot in Java? Head First Servlets and JSP, her latest book. Meanwhile, a book whose development she conceived and supervised, Head First Design Patterns, by Eric and Elizabeth Freeman, just replayed the same pattern of going to the head of the list in another coveted publishing category.
Kathy and her husband and writing partner Bert Bates aren't just spouting hot air. They are demonstrating that the philosophy espoused in this piece actually works. Kathy, you're an inspiration!
