About the Author - Tony Jenkins

Tony Jenkins is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Computing at the University of Leeds. His hobby is teaching introductory programming. He is lucky that his hobby is also his job. He has given many presentations and written many papers about the ways in which programming is taught.

Tony gained his BSc from the University of Leeds in Data Processing (back when computers were real computers) in 1988. Five years spent writing programs in what many call the "real world" convinced him that fun was more important than money, and he returned to the University of Leeds in 1993. He has been teaching since then, and teaching introductory programming since 1995. In 2002 the University of Kent at Canterbury saw fit to award Tony an MSc for research into the experience and motivation of students learning to program.

When not at work, Tony can generally be found with Dave and Wallace in the Grove or the Eldon, probably after two hours on the terraces at Headingley observing the antics of the Tykes or the Rhinos. He has been known to drink beer. Tony approves of cats, but is allergic to them. He thinks that sheep are alright, but he has never been closely acquainted with one.

Anyone wanting to contact Tony about this book (or just to have a chat) can send email to tony@comp.leeds.ac.uk or use the form on the Contact Details page. There are rumours of some sort of web page at http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/tony/, but http://www.leeds-camra.com/ is probably a better bet.