Maria Langer
Encyclopedia
Maria L. Langer is the author of more than 70 non-fiction books, several eBooks and video media training materials, and hundreds of magazine and Web-published articles.
Langer is also a commercial helicopter
pilot
and operates a helicopter tour and charter business based in Phoenix, Arizona
, in the United States
. She is a regular contributor to several aviation magazines, including Aircraft Owner Online and HeliNews.
Langer graduated from Hofstra University
in 1982 with a BBA in Accounting.
. After writing other training materials for that organization, she was hired as a ghostwriter for four chapters of a John Dvorak book called Dvorak's Inside Track to the Mac (1991). She partnered with Dvorak co-author Bernard J. David to co-author The Mac Shareware Emporium (1992). From that point forward, she worked mostly alone on dozens of computer how-to books for beginning to intermediate users. Her publishers include Peachpit Press, McGraw-Hill
, and Macmillan
.
Starting in the early 1990s, Langer authored numerous articles about using computers for a wide range of print and Web-based publications.
Langer is also a commercial helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
pilot
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
and operates a helicopter tour and charter business based in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She is a regular contributor to several aviation magazines, including Aircraft Owner Online and HeliNews.
Langer graduated from Hofstra University
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
in 1982 with a BBA in Accounting.
Author
Langer's first published work appeared in 1991 as the written materials for a 4-1/2 day course offered by the Institute of Internal AuditorsInstitute of Internal Auditors
Established in 1941, The Institute of Internal Auditors is a guidance-setting body. Serving members in 165 countries, The IIA is the internal audit profession's global voice, chief advocate, recognized authority, and principal educator, with global headquarters in Altamonte Springs, Fla., United...
. After writing other training materials for that organization, she was hired as a ghostwriter for four chapters of a John Dvorak book called Dvorak's Inside Track to the Mac (1991). She partnered with Dvorak co-author Bernard J. David to co-author The Mac Shareware Emporium (1992). From that point forward, she worked mostly alone on dozens of computer how-to books for beginning to intermediate users. Her publishers include Peachpit Press, McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
, and Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
.
Starting in the early 1990s, Langer authored numerous articles about using computers for a wide range of print and Web-based publications.