About the Creative Team
Jim Elferdink (author, previous edition) is the author of AppleWorks 6: The Missing Manual and Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual. In former lifetimes he was a commercial photographer, carpenter, and cabinetmaker; currently he runs Macs for the Masses, a Macintosh consulting company in the redwoods of far northern California.
Peter Meyers (editor) is the managing editor of O’Reilly Media’s Missing Manual series. He lives with his wife, daughter, and cats in New York City. Email: meyers@oreilly.com.
Dawn Frausto (copy editor/wrangler of copy editors and indexers) is assistant editor for the Missing Manual series. When not working, she plays soccer, beads, and causes trouble. Email: dawn@oreilly.com.
Nellie McKesson (production editor) lives in Brighton, Mass., where she makes t-shirts for her friends (http://mattsaundersbynellie.etsy.com) and plays music with her band Dr. & Mrs. Van Der Trampp (http://myspace.com/drmrsvandertrampp). Email: nellie@oreilly.com.
Nancy Reinhardt (copy editor) is a freelance copy editor living in the Midwest, who enjoys swimming, biking, and history. She is surrounded by electrical engineers and yet she is “…still fairly certain that given a cape, a wand, and nice tiara, she could save the world” (to quote Leigh Standley). Email:reinhardt8@comcast.net.
Carla Spoon (copy editor) is a freelance writer and copy editor. She works and feeds her tech gadget addiction from her home office in the shadow of Mount Rainier. Email: ...