Your Money_ The Missing Manual - J. D. Roth [0]
J.D. Roth
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Copyright © 2010 J.D. Roth
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The Missing Credits
About the Author
J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert—a regular guy who found himself deep in debt. After deciding to turn his life around, he read everything he could about money and finance. To share what he'd learned, in 2006 J.D. started the award-winning website Get Rich Slowly (www.getrichslowly.org), which Money magazine named the Web's most inspiring personal-finance blog.
Over the past 4 years, Get Rich Slowly has grown into an active community where 500,000 monthly visitors share ideas on how to save money on food, find the best savings accounts, dig out of debt, and otherwise improve their financial lives.
J.D. lives with his wife and four cats in a 100-year-old house in Portland, Oregon. When he's not writing about money, he likes to read, eat, and laugh with his friends. You can read about his obsessions with books, cats, and comic books at www.jdroth.com. If you have questions, drop him a line at jdroth@foldedspace.org.
About the Creative Team
Dawn Frausto (editor) is assistant editor for the Missing Manual series. When not working, she likes rock climbing, playing soccer, and causing trouble. Email: dawn@oreilly.com.
Nellie McKesson (production editor) lives in Brighton, Mass., and spends her spare time studying graphic design and building a t-shirt business (www.endplasticdesigns.com). Email: nellie@oreilly.com.
Dylan Ross (technical reviewer) is a fee-only Certified Financial Planner practitioner and owner of Swan Financial Planning, LLC in New Jersey. He provides financial planning and investment advice on an hourly, as-needed basis. In his spare time, Dylan enjoys the outdoors, strumming his ukulele, and spending time with his wife and twin sons. Email: dylan@swanfinancialplanning.com.
Charlie Park (technical reviewer), creator of the personal finance website PearBudget.com, is an indie web developer and family man. He lives in Williamsburg, VA.
Alison O'Byrne (copy editor) is a full-time freelance editor with over eight years' experience specializing in corporate and government projects for international clients. She "lives a rich and happy life" with her family in Dublin, Ireland. Email: alison@alhaus.com. Web: www.alhaus.com.
Jan Wright (indexer) lives in the mountains of New Mexico, and likes to ride an electric bike when she is not indexing, beading, or eating red chile. Email: jancw@wrightinformation.com. Web: www.wrightinformation.com.
Acknowledgements
You know, I've always skipped over the acknowledgement sections in books because they look so darn boring. What are they there for, anyhow? Now I know. After having devoted 4 months of more than full-time work to this project, I have a better appreciation for how much effort goes into producing a book.
First, I'd like to thank my editor, Dawn Frausto, without whom this book would be a dense, rambling mess. Dawn helped polish this rock into a shining gem. Along the way, Dawn and I were assisted by many folks, including tech reviewers Dylan