Lynn Beighley
http://twitter.com/lynnbeighley
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Geeky author of more than a dozen books. PragProg Editor. Fictionista in tech author's body. I will write about you.
Areas of Expertise:
- tech writing
- sql
- php
- mysql
- drupal
- wordpress
- html
- css
- photoshop
- dreamweaver
- mac
- iphone
- ipad
- consulting
- speaking
- training
- writing
Lynn Beighley is a fiction writer stuck in a technical book writer's body. Upon discovering that technical book writing actually paid real money, she learned to accept and enjoy it.
After going back to school to get a Masters in Computer Science, she worked for the acronyms NRL and LANL. Then she discovered Flash, and wrote her first bestseller.
A victim of bad timing, she moved to Silicon Valley just before the great crash. She spent several years working for Yahoo! and writing other books and training courses. Finally giving in to her creative writing bent, she moved to the New York area to get an MFA in Creative Writing.
Her Head First-style thesis was delivered to a packed room of professors and fellow students. It was extremely well received, and she finished her degree, finished Head First SQL, and can't wait to begin her next book.
Lynn loves traveling, cooking, and making up elaborate background stories about complete strangers. She's a little scared of clowns.
"The entire tone of the book is unconventional, informal, surprising, and even fun. All SQL elements are presented creatively, with inviting page layouts...This nonthreatening approach is not only refreshing and different, but more likely to result in a higher degree of learning and retention."
--Michael Kleper, The Kleper Report on Digital Publishing
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