About the Author

Born in an age of technological optimism it was inevitable that the author would enjoy technology from an early age, and has watched much of his childhood science fiction become science fact.

The author originally did a degree in Psycholinguistics, but soon got sidetracked into AI and computing, working as a cognitive scientist and psychologist experimenting on word semantics and context.

After discovering the online hacking scene in the early 90's, Dr.K attended "Hacking at the End of the Universe" (1993) and "Access All Areas" (1995).

Dr.K was a regular attendee at London 2600 meetings for a number of years, working with Zap to co-found a short-lived British version of PHRACK called P/H-UK.

After being made redundant in a company privatisation, Dr.K took the opportunity to write "Complete Hacker's Handbook", followed by "Hackers' Tales".

Up until recently Dr.K has been working as a computer specialist for the "world's most famous secret society", but has since given up the rat-race to write full time.

Dr.K has been married for 28 years and has a large and ever growing brood of ankle-biters to keep him company as he slips into obsolescence.

The revised and updated "Complete Hacker's Handbook" (Carlton 2000,2002), has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide, and been translated into Japanese, Dutch and Polish.