The Missing Credits
About the Authors
About the Creative Team
Acknowledgements
The Missing Manual Series
About the Authors
Geoff Coffey
has experience with all kinds of technical-sounding acronyms, but FileMaker Pro was his first true lovea fact his wife of ten
years
disputes. He's IT Director at Allegro Enterprises, an Internet retailer in Phoenix, where his team builds and
manages
FileMaker systems. He's been helping others use FileMaker for nine years, and occasionally gets a little philosophical about how it lets ordinary people use computers to solve their problems without a degree in Computer Science. (He's a little miffed he figured that out after finishing his own CS degree.) Away from the office, Geoff's a
full-time
dad to young daughters Isabel and Sophia. When he's not hanging out with the
girls
, he's always happy to get email from another FileMaker fans at gwcoffey@gmail.com.
Late one night,
Susan Prosser
dropped a stack of punch cards containing homework for a math course that inexplicably contained a computer science module. Instead of
reordering
the cards, she dropped the class and argued with the registrar: "Woodward and Bernstein don't use computers. I don't need this stuff for a journalism degree." Now a reformed
journalist
, Susan has
stopped
trying to bring new information to the people and helps them manage the data they already have using FileMaker. She scratches the journalism itch by writing curriculum and training other developers. To engage in Lance Armstrong vs Eddie Merckx polemic, discuss quilting as the perfect combination of left-brain/right-brain activity, or defend the use of
globals
to hold variable data in a script,
please
send a polite, well-reasoned email to susanprosser@gmail.com. Former guidance counselors or irate registrars should put "I told you so" in the subject line.
About the Creative Team
Nan Barber
(editor) is O'Reilly's associate editor for the Missing Manual series and has worn every hat from copy editor to
co-author
. She lives in the Boston area and never doubted for a moment that both Macworld Expo and the Commissioner's Trophy would someday come back to town. Email: nanbarber@mac.com.
Michele Filshie
(editor) is O'Reilly's assistant editor for the Missing Manual series and editor of four Personal Trainers (another O'Reilly series). Before turning to the world of computer-
related
books, Michele was all literature, all the time, and spent many happy
years
at Black Sparrow Press. She lives in Sebastopol and loves to get involved in local politics. Email: mfilshie@oreilly.com.
Sohaila Abdulali
(copy editor) is a
freelance
writer and editor. She has published a
novel
, several children's books, and
numerous
short stories and articles. She is currently finishing an ethnography of an aboriginal Indian
woman
. She lives in New York City with her husband Tom and their small but larger-than-life
daughter
, Samara. Web: www.sohailaink.com.
Nonie Bernard
(technical reviewer) is an independent information management consultant, director of curriculum development for FMPtraining, an instructor with the Maricopa Community Colleges, and co-author of Learn FileMaker Pro from Wordware Publishing. She has a degree in human resources and more than 20 years experience in training design and delivery. A
lifelong
artist and musician, Nonie has sung in an opera with Igor Stravinsky. Email: innonievations@qwest.net.
Jay Welshofer
(technical reviewer) has been using one version or another of FileMaker Pro for almost 20 years, has had the
pleasure
of working for the company for 11 years, and is taught something new by customers every day. Jay is currently a member of a dedicated team of professionals creating future versions of FileMaker Pro. Email: jlw@filemaker.com.
Rose Cassano
(cover illustration) has worked as an independent designer and illustrator for twenty years. Assignments have ranged from the
nonprofit
sector to corporate clientele. She lives in beautiful Southern Oregon, grateful for the
miracles
of modern technology that make working there a reality. Email: cassano@highstream.net. Web: www.rosecassano.com.
