About the Authors
LAURA CASSELL has been poking at code on the web since 1997. She taught herself Perl in the early 2000s where she discovered that programming materials were in dire need of an overhaul and the barrier to entry to teach programming was incredibly high. Thus, her journey to learn programming so she can bring it to other people began.
Originally from Atlanta, GA, Laura founded PyLadies Atlanta, and got her start teaching Python and JavaScript for Big Nerd Ranch. She has since moved on to engineering management and currently resides in Portland, OR where she manages a team of Pythonistas doing software analytics for New Relic, Inc. She still volunteers for teaching and speaking gigs when time permits.
ALAN GAULD is an enterprise architect with more than 40 years of experience in IT, working mainly in the telecommunications and customer service areas. He has programmed in more than 20 languages, producing everything from mainframe billing systems through embedded micro-controllers. For the last 15 years, his preference has been for Python. He is the author of a beginner's book on Python and is co-moderator of the python-tutor mailing list.
When not programming, he likes climbing, backpacking, and skiing. He is also a keen photographer, artist, and acoustic music enthusiast. He lives in Scotland with his wife, Heather.
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