Kevin Savetz

freelance technology writer
& computer journalist

"Few writers rival Kevin's ability to make complex new technologies easy to comprehend."
- Patricia Fusco, Editor of Small Business Computing
"Very clean copy; this is one of the fastest edits I've ever done."
- Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post

Kevin playing steel drums

About Kevin

Kevin Savetz has been a freelance computer and technology writer since 1992.

Always looking for interesting writing assignments, Kevin invites editors to read some clips then e-mail him.

Kevin's ongoing assignments include:

He has also written for innumerable other publications and Web sites, including MaximumPC, Smart Computing, Hispanic Business, Download.com, The Rotarian, New Architect, Byte, Internet World, Webtools.com, TidBITS, AuctionWatch.com, Access Magazine, Sesame Street Parents, Portable Computing, eBay Magazine, NetGuide, The International Herald Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, NewsForge.com, and more than 50 others. He was editor of New York's Computer Click magazine.

Kevin has slaved over several books, including: The Official America Online Internet Guide: Macintosh Edition (co-author), MBONE: Multicasting Tomorrow's Internet (co-author), Microsoft Bookshelf Internet Directory 1996-1997 (editor), Internet Unleashed 1996 (editor), and Your Internet Consultant - the FAQs Of Life Online (author.)

Kevin was America Online's "Internet AnswerMan" for a long spell, winning an AOL Member's Choice award in the process.

Personal Stuff

Kevin lives in Humboldt County, California with his wife and daughter, plus two cats, a dog, turtle, two lizards, and a parakeet.

He plays in a steel drum band and still loves his Atari 800 computer. He is moderator of the comp.sys.atari.announce newsgroup.

His car's license plate is featured in The Internet License Plate Gallery. Kevin likes to write about himself in the third person.

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