Alan Simpson has written 72 books over the last 15 years including Windows 95 Bible, The Official Netscape Composer Book, Mastering Microsoft Access, Mastering WordPerfect 8, which was voted the best WordPerfect book of 1998 by amazon.com, and Windows 98 Bible, which was voted one of the top ten computer books of 1998 by amazon.com. Before becoming a full-time author, Alan was a freelance programmer and consultant, and taught introductory and advanced computer courses at San Diego State University and the University of California Extension program. Alan also runs the popular Web site coolnerds.com.