Laura Lemay | |
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Born | August 1, 1967 |
Nationality | America |
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Website | lauralemay.com |
Laura Lemay (born August 1, 1967) is an American author of technical books, most notably starting the SAMS Publishing "Teach Yourself" series.
Lemay works as a freelance technical writer. Beginning in the 1990s, she authored a series of instructional texts on web publishing, HTML, and Java.[1][2] Her first book, Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a Week, demonstrated that HTML could be learned easily[3] and was the second guide on HTML to appear on the market. Her second book, Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, promised to do the same for prospective Java users, and her 1997 book The Official Guide to Marimba's Castanet focused on push media.[1] 1997's Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Javascript received positive reviews, and was praised as a "fine book" that came with helpful software.[4]
Andrew Leonard, writing for Salon.com, noted that Lemay's books (by the time of his 1997 article he counted 23) were an example of "Beta books", books about software that come bundled with software, and are regularly updated.[1]
Lemay lives in the Santa Cruz hills with her husband Eric. On December 19, 2022, she announced on her blog lauralemay.com that she had throat cancer.[5]