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Stephen Manes

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The United States

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male

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Children's Books, Nonfiction, Professional & Technical

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Stephen Manes (born 1949) wrote the "Digital Tools" column that appeared in every issue of Forbes until recently when he took a break. He is expected to return in the future. He is also co-host and co-executive editor of the public television series "PC World's Digital Duo," a program he helped create.

Manes was previously the Personal Computers columnist for the Science Times section of The New York Times and a regular columnist for InformationWeek. He has been on the technology beat since 1982 as a columnist and contributing editor for PC Magazine, PC/Computing, PC Sources, PCjr, and Netguide. The now defunct Marketing Computers named him one of the four most influential writers about the computer industry and called him "a strong critical...more Stephen Manes (born 1949) wrote the "Digital Tools" column that appeared in every issue of Forbes until recently when he took a break. He is expected to return in the future. He is also co-host and co-executive editor of the public television series "PC World's Digital Duo," a program he helped create.

Manes was previously the Personal Computers columnist for the Science Times section of The New York Times and a regular columnist for InformationWeek. He has been on the technology beat since 1982 as a columnist and contributing editor for PC Magazine, PC/Computing, PC Sources, PCjr, and Netguide. The now defunct Marketing Computers named him one of the four most influential writers about the computer industry and called him "a strong critical voice."

From April 1995 to December 2008, he also wrote the "Full Disclosure" column, anchoring the back page of PC World.

Manes is coauthor of the best-selling and definitive biography Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry--and Made Himself the Richest Man in America. He also wrote The Complete MCI Mail Handbook and programmed much of the Starfixer and UnderGround WordStar software packages.

Manes is also the author of more than 30 books for children and young adults, including the Publishers Weekly bestseller Make Four Million Dollars by Next Thursday! and the award-winning Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!, which was adapted for the public television series Wonderworks. His books include the cult favorites Chicken Trek and The Obnoxious Jerks and have won a commendation from the National Science Foundation, International Reading Association Children's Choice awards, and kid-voted awards in five states. His writing credits also include television programs produced by ABC Television and KCET/Los Angeles and the 70s classic 20th Century-Fox movie Mother, Jugs & Speed.

Manes is currently serving his fourth term as an elected member of the National Council of the Authors Guild, the country's oldest organization of book authors. Born and raised in the hills of Pittsburgh, he now lives in hillier Seattle.(less)

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Average rating: 3.67 · 566 ratings · 110 reviews · 30 distinct works

	Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes, Tom Huffman (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1982 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Chocolate-Covered Ants 3.31 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Obnoxious Jerks 3.82 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America by Stephen Manes, Paul Andrews 3.56 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	CHICKEN TREK 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Make Four Million Dollars by Next Thursday by Stephen Manes, George Ulrich 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Hooples's Horrible Holiday 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	Hooples on the Highway 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	It's New! It's Improved! It's Terrible! 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1989	My rating: