Blake Schwendiman

Blake Schwendiman (born May 23, 1970) is an American author of several PHP software development books.

Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Schwendiman grew up in Rexburg, Idaho and graduated from Madison High School in 1988. He received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University in 1994. His background in computer software development includes developing software for Unix, Linux and Microsoft Windows in the languages C++, Delphi and PHP. He began technical writing in 1999 and has since published three PHP books.

Schwendiman is also the creator of the web site HopeToAdopt.com, which is an adoption resource primarily serving adoptive families. Both of Schwendiman's children are adopted.

He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and spent two years performing church service in Cape Town, South Africa. He currently lives in Mesa, Arizona.

Bibliography

*"PHP 4 Developer's Guide" (ISBN 0-07-212731-7)
*"Building Custom PHP Extensions" (ISBN 1-4116-0188-2)
*"Comprehensive PHP Pear::DB" (ISBN 1-4116-0361-3)

Short stories

Schwendiman has written several short humor stories (available at his blog) and has published one short story via Amazon.com's shorts program. The story, "Semper Nunc" is a scifi/fantasy story along the lines of X-Men.

External links

* [http://www.blakeschwendiman.com/ Blake Schwendiman's Blog and Blook]
* [http://www.hopetoadopt.com/ HopeToAdopt.com]