Bonnie Biafore has always been fascinated with math in its practical and more esoteric forms. As an engineer and project manager, she’s thorough and steadfastly attentive to detail but redeems herself by using her sick sense of humor to transform these drool-inducing subjects into entertaining reading. She writes about personal finance, investing, accounting, and project management. Her NAIC Stock Selection Handbook won major awards from the Society of Technical Communication and APEX Awards for Publication Excellence (but the raves she receives from beginning investors mean much more to her).
Bonnie is also the author of O’Reilly’s Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual, Personal Finance: The Missing Manual, Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual, and Online Investing Hacks. She writes a monthly column called “WebWatch” for Better Investing magazine and is a regular contributor to www.interest.com. As a consultant, she manages projects for clients and wins accolades for her ability to herd cats.
When not chained to her computer, she hikes and cycles in the mountains, walks her dogs, takes aerial dance classes, and cooks gourmet meals. You can learn more at Bonnie’s website, www.bonniebiafore.com, or email her at bonnie.biafore@gmail.com.
Dawn Mann (editor) is associate editor for the Missing Manual series. When not reading about QuickBooks, she beads, hikes, and causes trouble. Email: dawn@oreilly.com.
Jasmine Perez (production editor) spends her free time cooking vegetarian meals, listening to her favorite freeform radio station, WFMU, and going on adventures whenever possible. Email: jperez@oreilly.com.
Elaine Brown (technical reviewer) received her Accounting M.S. degree from UCLA, has over 13 years of experience in public accounting, and more than 30 years of experience as a CFO/corporate Controller and small business entrepreneur. Elaine is also a lady tenor in the National Historic Mission San Juan Capistrano Basilica Choir. Beware the singing accountant! Website: www.elainebrownassociates.com.
Julie Van Keuren (proofreader) is a freelance writer and editor based in Billings, Montana. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming, biking, running, and (hey, why not?) triathlon. Email: little_media@yahoo.com.
Behind the scenes, a throng of folks work hard to make a book (and me) look as good as we do. I am always grateful for the improvements that people make to my writing. My words (and bookkeeping) are better for it. Dawn Mann outdid herself this year piloting this book through the shoals of publishing. Special thanks to Fred Brown for building an index that helps you find all the information you want (especially important given the complete absence of an index in QuickBooks Help).
I also want to thank the technical reviewer, Elaine Brown. She provided dozens of examples of how things work in the real accounting world and was brave enough to help me understand some concepts that had eluded me so far. And last, but definitely not least, my agent Neil Salkind deserves an award for his unwavering support for more than a decade.
—Bonnie Biafore
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