Laura Lemay

Laura Lemay

Lemay in 2006
Born (1967-08-01) August 1, 1967
Occupation Freelance technical writer
Website lauralemay.com

Laura Lemay (born August 1, 1967) is an American author of technical books, most notably starting the SAMS Publishing "Teach Yourself" series.

Biography

Lemay works as a freelance technical writer. Beginning in the 1990s, she authored a series of instructional texts on web publishing, HTML, and Java.[1][2] Her first book, Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a Week, demonstrated that HTML could be learned easily[3] and was the second guide on HTML to appear on the market. Her second book, Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, promised to do the same for prospective Java users, and her 1997 book The Official Guide to Marimba's Castanet focused on push media.[1] 1997's Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Javascript received positive reviews, and was praised as a "fine book" that came with helpful software.[4]

Andrew Leonard, writing for Salon.com, noted that Lemay's books (by the time of his 1997 article he counted 23) were an example of "Beta books", books about software that come bundled with software, and are regularly updated.[1]

Personal life

Lemay lives in the Santa Cruz hills with her husband Eric.

Books

References

  1. 1 2 3 Leonard, Andrew (27 February 1997). "Laura Lemay's beta books". Salon. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Newman, Judith (January 8, 2014). "Wikipedia-Mania". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Schaaf, Don (11 December 1996). "Create your own webpage". McCook Daily Gazette. p. 3B. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Lee, Phillip (3 April 1997). "Getting Started on JavaScript". New Straits Times. p. 55. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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