About the Authors
Linda Criddleis an internationally recognized expert in online safety
and teaches extensively in schools and universities. Linda is the author,
along with Nancy Muir, of the award winning book Look Both Ways:
Help Protect Your Family on the Internet (Microsoft Press, 2006). She has
also developed an online course titled Internet Safety for Educators being
offered through Washington State University and The University of
Alaska. Linda has worked with governments, law enforcement, and com-
panies around the world and is a frequent speaker at Internet-safety
related conferences worldwide. Her company, LOOKBOTHWAYS, Inc.,
develops software, consults with companies, governments, and law
enforcement on Internet safety, and writes educational curriculum.
Learn more at their Web site, http://www.ilookbothways.com.Nancy Muirhas worked with Linda Criddle on Internet safety-related
projects for the past three years, co-authored two books with Linda, and
developed and taught an online course. Nancy has written over fifty
technology and business books, and produced video programming for
major corporations such as IBM and Symantec. Prior to her writing
career Nancy was a publishing executive with several major technology
book publishers including John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and MacMillan
Publishing. Nancy has taught technical writing at Purdue
University/Indiana University, and holds a certificate in Distance
Learning Design from The University of Washington. She currently over-
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