About The Authors

We live and work in the West Highlands of Scotland — a remote coastal area in the north-west of the United Kingdom. Brief CVs are given below; for more detailed information about our work, and for a complete list of all our published books, please visit our own Web site.

Nigel Chapman

Nigel Chapman is a well-established author of major textbooks on digital media and programming languages, and a Web developer and designer. He was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at University College London and a Lecturer in Computing Science at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland).

• Ph.D. in Computational Science, The University of Leeds
• Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science, University of Cambridge
• M.A. in Engineering, University of Cambridge

Jenny Chapman

Jenny Chapman is a professional artist, co-author of textbooks on digital media and Web design, and a visiting Lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art. She is currently working mainly with miniatures; the new MacAvon Miniatures Web site will go live in summer 2008. Her short experimental multimedia films have won awards in film festivals around the world.

• M.Des. in Visual Communication, Edinburgh College of Art
• B.A. (Hons) in Visual Communication, Edinburgh College of Art
• B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy and the History of Art, The University of Leeds