David Kramer earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Maryland, and his M.A. in music at Smith College. For many years he worked in higher education, first as a professor of mathematics and computer science, and later as a director of academic computing. Since 1995 he has worked as an independent editor and translator. He has edited hundreds of books in mathematics and the sciences and has translated a number of books in a variety of fields, including The Definitive Guide to Excel VBA and The Definitive Guide to MySQL, both by Michael Kofler; and Enterprise JavaBeans 2.1, by Stefan Denninger and Ingo Peters; all published by Apress. Other translations include Luck, Logic, and White Lies, by Jörg Bewersdorff; The Game's Afoot! Game Theory in Myth and Paradox, by Alexander Mehlmann; the children's musical Red Riding! Red Riding! by Ernst Ekker with music by Sergei Dreznin; In Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines, by Jürgen Drews; and the novel To Err Is Divine, by Ágota Bozai.