Brian Livingston has more than 30 years' experience as a computer manager and technology writer. He is the author or co-author of 10 books. His latest books are Windows Vista Secrets (with Paul Thurrott) and Windows Me Secrets (with Davis Straub), published by Wiley Publishing.

His books have sold 2.3 million copies and have been translated into more than 30 languages. At one time or another, a Windows Secrets book has been the No. 1 best-selling computer book in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand.

Brian is the editorial director of the Windows Secrets Newsletter, a weekly e-mail publication on the latest tips and tricks about Microsoft Windows. The newsletter has more than 270,000 subscribers (more info).

For 12 years, from 1991 to 2003, he was a Contributing Editor of InfoWorld Magazine, writing the weekly Window Manager column and (from 2001 to 2003) the E-Business Secrets newsletter. He has also been a Contributing Editor of CNET News.com, PC/Computing, PC World, Windows Sources, and Windows Magazine.

Prior to his publishing career, he served as Assistant IT Manager of UBS Securities (now UBS Warberg) and a consultant for Lazard Fréres & Co. (now Lazard LLC), Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., and General Electric Consulting Services.