Elaine Marmel is president of Marmel Enterprises, LLC, an organization that specializes in freelance technical writing and software training. Elaine has an MBA from Cornell University and worked on projects to build financial management systems in New York City and Washington D.C. Elaine spends most of her time writing; she has been a contributing editor since 1994 to Peachtree Extra and QuickBooks Extra montly magazines. She wrote Peachtree For Dummies, Microsoft Project Bible, Master VISUALLY Project 2003, and Master VISUALLY QuickBooks 2005 and she has authored and co-authored more than 30 other books.
Although a native of Chicago, Elaine has seen much of the world, including Cincinnati, Ohio; Jerusalem, Israel; Ithaca, New York; Washington, D.C., and Tampa, Florida. As of this writing, she has settled into a perfect house in Arizona and lives with her purrfect cats, Cato, Watson, and Buddy (who seems to be made of velcro, sticking to Elaine when she starts to write), and her doting and loving dog, Josh (who watches the door for visitors and may lick you to death while performing the job of general welcoming committee).

Nancy Stevenson is a full time writer of business and technology books. She has authored over 50 books including The Young Person’s Guide to Character Education, Online Distance Learning For Dummies, and The 10 Minute Guide to Motivating People. On the desktop application side, Nancy has written dozens of books on products such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as books on the Internet and wireless technology.
Nancy lives with her partner Earl in a beautiful home they have built together in the Pacific Northwest. They are owned by their dog, Bryn, who takes them for long walks on a regular basis.