The Author Anura Gurugé was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1953. Though he has lived in the U.S. (mainly in New Hampshire), the second time around since 1985, he is, however, very much a ’Brit’ at heart. He started computer programming in 1969, and went to work for IBM when he was twenty. He made a career in computer networking, writing, for pay, a handy hobby for nearly four decades. This is his 25th book as a sole author, in addition to over 375 technical publications. He has a Master’s in computer science, three daughters, one son, one Golden, one Harrier and three ol’ British cars. His website is guruge.com, and he blogs incessantly at nhlifefree.com.