Katherine Murray is the author of many books on technology, with a special emphasis on Microsoft Office. Her most recent book, First Look 2007 Microsoft Office System (Microsoft Press, 2006) is available as a free downloadable PDF on the 2007 Microsoft Office download site. Katherine is also the coauthor of Microsoft Word 2007 Inside Out and MSN Spaces: Share Your Story. Katherine is a regular contributor to a number of Microsoft sites and publishes a blog called BlogOffice, offering tips, updates, news, and resources related to a variety of Microsoft Office versions and events.

Katherine has been fascinated by computers since the early 80s when her husband brought home one of the first IBM PCs to arrive in the city of Indianapolis. She lives in the Midwest with her three children (one of whom is married and lives a mile away with her husband and newborn daughter, Ruby—Katherine’s first grandbaby!) and enjoys many non-technical activities including gardening, cooking, reading, jazz, and playing Trivial Pursuit with the kids.