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

^ ^a ^b ^c Leonard, Andrew (February 27, 1997). "Laura Lemay's beta books". Salon. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
^ Newman, Judith (January 8, 2014). "Wikipedia-Mania". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
^ Schaaf, Don (December 11, 1996). "Create your own webpage". McCook Daily Gazette. p. 3B. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
^ Lee, Phillip (April 3, 1997). "Getting Started on JavaScript". New Straits Times. p. 55. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 19, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)