Kristian Besley is a web developer and programmer. He currently works in education and specializes in games, interactivity, and dynamic content using mainly Flash, PHP, and .NET. He also lectures on interactive media.

Kristian has worked as a freelance producer for numerous clients including the BBC, JISC, Welsh Assembly Government, Pearson Education, and BBC Cymru.

He has written a number of books for Friends of ED, such as the Foundation Flash series, Flash MX Video, Flash ActionScript for Flash 8, and Learn Programming with Flash MX. He was also a proud contributor to the amazing Flash Math Creativity books and has written for Computer Arts magazine.

Kristian currently resides with his family in Swansea, Wales, and is a proud fluent Welsh speaker.