Laura Lemay

Laura Lemay
Lemay in 2006
Born	(1967-08-01) August 1, 1967 (age 56)
Nationality	America
Occupations	Freelance technical writer Author
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.

Biography

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]

Personal life

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]

Books

• 2010 – Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day, Sixth Edition – ISBN   0672330962
• 2007 – Sams Teach Yourself Java 6 in 21 Days – ISBN   0672329433
• 2006 – Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day – ISBN   0672328860
• 2004 – Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days – ISBN   0672326280
• 2003 – Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML & XHTML in 21 Days – ISBN   0672325195
• 2003 – Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML and XHTML – ISBN   9780672325199
• 2002 – Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days – ISBN   0672320355
• 2001 – Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition – ISBN   0672320770
• 2000 – Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition, Second Edition – ISBN   0672318385
• 1999 – Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 Platform in 21 Days: Complete Compiler Edition – ISBN   0672316471
• 1998 – Sams Teach Yourself Java 1.2 in 21 Days Complete Compiler Edition – ISBN   0672315343
• 1998 – Sams Teach Yourself Java 1.2 in 21 Days – ISBN   1575213907
• 1998 – Web Publishing With HTML 4 in a Week: Complete Starter Kit – ISBN   0672313448
• 1997 – Sams Teach Yourself Java 1.1 in 21 Days – ISBN   1575213923
• 1997 – Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML in a Week – ISBN   1575213362
• 1997 – Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Designing With Stylesheets, Tables, and Frames – ISBN   1575212498
• 1997 – Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.2 In14 Days – ISBN   1575213761
• 1997 – Laura Lemay's Electronic Web Workshop – ISBN   1575213141
• 1997 – Teach Yourself Java 1.1 in 21 Days – ISBN   1575211424
• 1997 – Laura Lemay's Java 1.1 Interactive Course – ISBN   1571690832
• 1997 – Laura Lemay's Guide to Sizzling Web Site Design – ISBN   1575212218
• 1997 – Official Marimba Guide to Castanet – ISBN   1575212552
• 1997 – Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.2 in 14 Days: Second Professional Reference Edition – ISBN   1575213052
• 1997 – Aprendiendo HTML Para Web En Una Semana (Paperback) – ISBN   9688805785
• 1997 – Teach Yourself Java 1.1 In 21 Days – ISBN   9781575211428
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.0 in a Week – ISBN   1575210649
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days: Professional Reference Edition – ISBN   1575211831
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Visual J++ in 21 Days – ISBN   1575211580
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Sunsoft Java Workshop in 21 Days – ISBN   1575211599
• 1996 – Creating Commercial Web Pages – ISBN   1575211262
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.2 in a Week – ISBN   1575211920
• 1996 – Graphics & Web Page Design – ISBN   1575211254
• 1996 – Laura Lemay's Web Workshop Javascript – ISBN   1575211416
• 1996 – Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: 3D Graphics & VRML 2.0 – ISBN   1575211432
• 1996 – Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Microsoft Frontpage – ISBN   1575211491
• 1996 – Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Netscape Navigator Gold 3 – ISBN   1575211289
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Cafe in 21 Days – ISBN   1575211572
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.2 in 14 Days: Premier Edition – ISBN   1575210967
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Java for Macintosh in 21 Days – ISBN   1568302800
• 1996 – Web Design Electronic Resource Kit – ISBN   1575212641
• 1996 – Web Publishing Electronic Resource Kit – ISBN   157521265X
• 1996 – Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days – ISBN   1575210304
• 1995 – Complete Teach Yourself HTML Kit – ISBN   1575210630
• 1995 – Teach Yourself Web Publishing in 14 Days – ISBN   1575210142
• 1995 – Teach Yourself More Web Publishing With HTML in a Week – ISBN   1575210053

References

1. Leonard, Andrew (February 27, 1997). "Laura Lemay's beta books". Salon . Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
2. Newman, Judith (January 8, 2014). "Wikipedia-Mania". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
3. Schaaf, Don (December 11, 1996). "Create your own webpage". McCook Daily Gazette . p. 3B. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
4. Lee, Phillip (April 3, 1997). "Getting Started on JavaScript". New Straits Times . p. 55. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 19, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

External links

• Official website