al sweigart is software developerauthorand fellow of the python software foundation he was previously the education director at oaklandcalifornia' video game museumthe museum of art and digital enter tainment he has written several programming booksincluding automate the boring stuff with python and invent your own computer games with python his books are freely available under creative commons license at his website about the technical reviewer sarah kuchinskymsis corporate trainer and consultant she uses python for variety of applicationsincluding health systems modelinggame developmentand task automation sarah is co-founder of the north bay python conferencetutorials chair for pycon usand lead organizer for pyladies silicon valley she holds degrees in management science engineering and mathematics