Howard Lewis Ship got addicted to coding at age 13 and never looked back. He began developing Java web applications in 1997 and founded the Tapestry project in 2000. He is active as the lead developer of the Tapestry and HiveMind projects (both part of the Apache Jakarta project) and wrote the definitive guide to Tapestry, "Tapestry in Action", for Manning publications. He is currently an independent consultant, specializing in Tapestry training and mentoring. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts, USA with his wife Suzanne, a novelist.