Technical and Business Writing for Working Professionals

Author Biography: Ray E. Hardesty has been a writer and editor in business, industry, and academia for the past twenty years, including nine years in the U.S. space program. Prior to that, he worked as a newspaper and trade magazine journalist. He holds a degree in English from Augustana College and a master's degree in political economy from Oregon State University. He has presented papers at international technical communication conferences, and for three years he was the Book Review Editor for the journal Technical Communication. His professional interests include the teaching of writing to technical and business professionals and the expansion of the role of technical communicators into areas such as video and Webcast scriptwriting and multimedia writing.