Description
Product Description
Clarifying how to write technically for today, the
Handbook of Technical Writing utilizes best-practices, models, and real-world skills to teach writers to clearly and persuasively communicate technical information and data.
About the Author
Gerald J. Alred is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he teaches courses in the Professional Writing Program. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and several standard bibliographies on business and technical communication, and is a founding member of the editorial board of the
Journal of Business and Technical Communication. He is co-author of
The Business Writer's Handbookand
Handbook of Technical Writing. He is a recipient of the prestigious Jay R. Gould Award for "profound scholarly and textbook contributions to the teaching of business and technical writing."
Walter E. Oliu served as chief of the Publishing Services Branch at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where he managed the agencys printing, graphics, editing, and publishing programs. He also developed the public-access standards for and managed daily operations of the agencys public Web site. He has taught at Miami University of Ohio, Slippery Rock State University, and as an adjunct faculty member at Montgomery College and George Mason University. His books include
Writing That Works, Tenth Edition (reprinted chapters appear in Kevin J. Hartys
Strategies for Business and Technical Writing, Fifth Edition, , and Brenda D. Smith and Laura C. Headleys
The Lifelong Reader, Second Edition);
The Handbook of Technical Writing, Ninth Edition;
The Business Writers Handbook, Ninth eEdition (Fortune and Book-of-the-Month Club selections);
The Business Writers Companion, Sixth Edition;
The Technical Writers Companion, Third Edition;
Writing from A-Z, Fifth Edition; and
The Professional Writer.
Charles T. Brusaw was a faculty member at NCR Corporation's Management College, where he developed and taught courses in professional writing, editing, and presentation skills for the corporation worldwide. Previously, he worked in advertising, technical writing, public relations, and curriculum development. He has been a communications consultant, an invited speaker at academic conferences, and a teacher of business writing at Sinclair Community College.