Michael Morrison is a writer, developer, toy inventor, and author of a variety of books including HTML and XML for Beginners, The Unauthorized Guide to Pocket PC, XML Unleashed, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Java 2. Michael is the instructor of several Web-based courses and also serves as a technical director for ReviewNet, a company that provides Web-based staffing tools for information technology personnel. Finally, Michael is the creative lead at Gas Hound Games, a toy company he cofounded that is located on the Web at http://www.gashound.com/. When not risking life and limb on his skateboard or mountain bike, trying to avoid the penalty box in hockey, or watching movies with his wife, Masheed, Michael enjoys daydreaming next to his koi pond.