Matthew Casperson has worked in the IT industry for nearly a decade in a variety of roles, and is the author of Away3D 3.6 Essentials. In his spare time, he loves nothing more than to experiment with the latest Web and multimedia technologies. Many of these experiments can be found on Matthew's personal website at http://goo.gl/2Hgr.

Thomas Trocha found his passion for the world of computer programming in the mid eighties, using one of the first home computers - TI99/4a. Since then, he has studied computer science, and developed his knowledge in a wide spectrum of computer technologies. Inspired by the great online 48h game coding competition "Ludum Dare", he shifted to 3D game development, which finally ended up in him founding his own game company