Michael Halvorson
Michael Halvorson is the author or co-author of more than
35 books, including Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step,
Microsoft Office XP Inside Out, and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Professional Step By Step. Halvorson has been the recipient of
numerous non-fiction writing awards, including the Computer
Press Best How-to Book Award (Software category) and the
Society for Technical Communication Excellence Award (Writing
category). Halvorson earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer
Science from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington,
and master’s and doctoral degrees in History from the University
of Washington in Seattle. He was employed at Microsoft
Corporation from 1985 to 1993, and he has been an advocate for Visual Basic programming
since the product’s original debut at Windows World in 1991. Halvorson is currently
an associate professor at Pacific Lutheran University.
