About the Author

Kenneth Litwak has worked for Sun Microsystems as a Java programming instructor since early 1998. Prior to that, he worked on Java projects including e-commerce, security, and distributed processing. Ken also has several years of experience as a COBOL programmer and as a database kernel engineer for IBM. Ken has a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, as well as a B.A. and an M.Div. in biblical studies. When not teaching Java or writing a Java book, Ken works on his doctoral dissertation in New Testament studies, rides his road bike, and is dad to three energetic boys.

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