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Acknowledgments
The author wishes to thank everyone who has been involved in bringing this book to
print, especially agent Carole McClendon, editor Kezia Endsley, and executive editor
Kevin Harreld.
About the Author
John Lewell is the author of Computer Graphics and The A-Z Guide to Computer
Graphics, plus two earlier books on audio-visual technology as well as the biographical
encyclopedia Modern Japanese Novelists (Kodansha, NY, 1993). Born in England, he was
educated at Framlingham College and went on to gain MA (Hons) in English & Fine
Art at Peterhouse, Cambridge. His lifelong interest in photography began when he was
a teenager, taking pictures for local businesses and on long trips to Italy in support of
his studies of Italian art. After a year at Guildford School of Art, he worked in film and
television as a researcher, and then joined the audio-visual manufacturer Electrosonic,
moving to the United States to establish a New York office for this market-leading
company.
It was in Los Angeles that John Lewell turned to full-time writing, becoming West Coast
Editor of Computer Pictures magazine and U.S. correspondent for several European journals.
With extensive contacts in the computer industry and the press, he returned to
London to form his own PR consultancy called Technology Relations. He continued
to explore new fields and created the world’s first online guide to commercial Internet
software, which he later sold to Mecklermedia as Internet ProductWatch. Invited to
become European correspondent for InternetNews.com, he contributed several thousand
news articles on all aspects of the online industries.
John Lewell now combines his expertise in photography and digital technology to
inform and educate via books, articles, and Internet projects. He is married to Thai
cookery writer Oi Cheepchaiissara.