Ken Youens-Clark is a software developer, teacher, and writer. He began his undergraduate studies at the University of North Texas, initially with a focus in jazz studies (drums) and then changing his major several times before limping out of school with a BA in English literature. Ken learned coding on the job starting in the mid-1990s and has worked in industry, in research, and at nonprofits. In 2019, he earned his MS in biosystems engineering from the University of Arizona. His previous books include Tiny Python Projects (Manning) and Mastering Python for Bioinformatics (O’Reilly). He resides in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife, three children, and dog.