Laura Lemay (born August 1, 1967) is an American author of technical books, most notably starting the SAMS Publishing "Teach Yourself" series.
Lemay works as a freelance technical writer. Beginning in the 1990s, she authored a series of instructional texts on web publishing, HTML, and Java. Her first book, Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a Week, demonstrated that HTML could be learned easily and was the second guide on HTML to appear on the market. Her second book, Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, promised to do the same for prospective Java users, and her 1997 book The Official Guide to Marimba's Castanet focused on push media. 1997's Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Javascript received positive reviews, and was praised as a "fine book" that came with helpful software.
Andrew Leonard, writing for Salon.com, noted that Lemay's books (by the time of his 1997 article he counted 23) were an example of "Beta books", books about software that come bundled with software, and are regularly updated.
Lemay lives in the Santa Cruz hills with her husband Eric.
2010 - Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day, Sixth Edition - ISBN 06723309622007 - Sams Teach Yourself Java 6 in 21 Days - ISBN 06723294332006 - Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day - ISBN 06723288602004 - Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days - ISBN 06723262802003 - Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML & XHTML in 21 Days - ISBN 06723251952003 - Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML and XHTML - ISBN 97806723251992002 - Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days - ISBN 06723203552001 - Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition - ISBN 06723207702000 - Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition, Second Edition - ISBN 06723183851999 - Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 Platform in 21 Days: Complete Compiler Edition - ISBN 06723164711998 - Sams Teach Yourself Java 1.2 in 21 Days Complete Compiler Edition - ISBN 06723153431998 - Sams Teach Yourself Java 1.2 in 21 Days - ISBN 15752139071998 - Web Publishing With HTML 4 in a Week: Complete Starter Kit - ISBN 06723134481997 - Sams Teach Yourself Java 1.1 in 21 Days - ISBN 15752139231997 - Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML in a Week - ISBN 15752133621997 - Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Designing With Stylesheets, Tables, and Frames - ISBN 15752124981997 - Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.2 In14 Days - ISBN 15752137611997 - Laura Lemay's Electronic Web Workshop - ISBN 15752131411997 - Teach Yourself Java 1.1 in 21 Days - ISBN 15752114241997 - Laura Lemay's Java 1.1 Interactive Course - ISBN 15716908321997 - Laura Lemay's Guide to Sizzling Web Site Design - ISBN 15752122181997 - Official Marimba Guide to Castanet - ISBN 15752125521997 - Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.2 in 14 Days: Second Professional Reference Edition - ISBN 15752130521997 - Aprendiendo HTML Para Web En Una Semana (Paperback) - ISBN 96888057851997 - Teach Yourself Java 1.1 In 21 Days - ISBN 97815752114281996 - Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.0 in a Week - ISBN 15752106491996 - Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days: Professional Reference Edition - ISBN 15752118311996 - Teach Yourself Visual J++ in 21 Days - ISBN 15752115801996 - Teach Yourself Sunsoft Java Workshop in 21 Days - ISBN 15752115991996 - Creating Commercial Web Pages - ISBN 15752112621996 - Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.2 in a Week - ISBN 15752119201996 - Graphics & Web Page Design - ISBN 15752112541996 - Laura Lemay's Web Workshop Javascript - ISBN 15752114161996 - Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: 3D Graphics & VRML 2.0 - ISBN 15752114321996 - Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Microsoft Frontpage - ISBN 15752114911996 - Laura Lemay's Web Workshop: Netscape Navigator Gold 3 - ISBN 15752112891996 - Teach Yourself Cafe in 21 Days - ISBN 15752115721996 - Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 3.2 in 14 Days: Premier Edition - ISBN 15752109671996 - Teach Yourself Java for Macintosh in 21 Days - ISBN 15683028001996 - Web Design Electronic Resource Kit - ISBN 15752126411996 - Web Publishing Electronic Resource Kit - ISBN 157521265X1996 - Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days - ISBN 15752103041995 - Complete Teach Yourself HTML Kit - ISBN 15752106301995 - Teach Yourself Web Publishing In 14 Days - ISBN 15752101421995 - Teach Yourself More Web Publishing With HTML in a Week - ISBN 1575210053