Nicholas D. Wells is the author of several books on Linux-related subjects, and has contributed to NetWare titles for Sybex and the Network Professionals Association newsletter and has written extensively on NetWare security. Before joining Caldera, Nick was a technical writer and editor at Novell and was part of the Corsair team, which began to create a new Linux-based desktop operating system. After leaving Novell to join Linux-based start-up Caldera, Inc., he worked as the Director of Marketing for several years before realizing that writing about technology was more fun than selling it. He left Caldera to write and consult full-time. When he's between projects, he likes to read history books, learn foreign languages, and travel to new places with his wife, hoping to find the new best place to go diving. Before joining Novell as a writer, Nick developed educational software and small business applications for ten years.