About the Authors

Michael Grothaus is an American novelist and journalist living in London. He was first introduced to Apple computers in film school and went on to use them for years to create award-winning films. However, after discovering many of Hollywood's dirty little secrets while working for 20th Century Fox, he left and spent five years with Apple as a consultant. He's since moved to London and earned his MA in Creative Writing. His first novel, Epiphany Jones, is a story about trafficking and America's addiction to celebrity. Currently, Michael is a staff writer at AOL's popular tech news site The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), where he writes about all things Mac. Additionally, Michael has written several other books for Apress, including Taking Your iPod touch to the Max, Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max, and Taking Your iPhoto '11 to the Max. When not writing, Michael spends his time traveling Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia. You can reach him at www.michaelgrothaus.com and www.twitter.com/michaelgrothaus.

Steve Sande has been a loyal fan of Apple technology since buying his first Mac in 1984. Originally trained as a civil engineer, Steve's career as an IT professional blossomed in the 1990s. A longtime blogger, Steve is the features editor at Aol's The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), the author of three books about Apple's iWeb application, a collaborator on Taking Your iPad to the Max and Taking Your iPhone 4 to the Max, and Taking Your OS X Lion to the Max. You can join Steve every Wednesday for the popular TUAW TV Live show, and follow his exploits at www.twitter.com/stevensande. He lives with his wife of 32 years in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Erica Sadun is the bestselling author, coauthor, and contributor to several dozen books on programming, digital video and photography, and web design, including the widely popular The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone 3.0 SDK, Second Edition. She currently blogs at TUAW.com, and has blogged in the past at O'Reilly's Mac DevCenter, Lifehacker, and Ars Technica. In addition to being the author of dozens of iOS-native applications, Erica holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech's Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center. A geek, a programmer, and an author, she's never met a gadget she didn't love. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement, when they're not busy rewiring the house or plotting global dominance.