HP Newquist is a writer whose books have have received numerous awards and citations. His books and articles have been published all over the world and his writing has been translated into languages from kanji to farsi. His work has been cited by The New York Times, The Economist, USA Today, Forbes, Fortune, the Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal.Newquist's writing spans a vast array of interests . . . from music and medicine to the serious and scary. He has been a columnist for Computerworld, a contributor to Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, the Financial Technology Report, and Music Technology magazine. He was Editor-In-Chief at GUITAR magazine and contributed to a host of other music magazines, including Billboard, Guitar Player, Guitar Shop, InTune, and Musician's Planet. Along the way, he wrote two documentary films--one of which was nominated for an Emmy Award--and created technology entries for Microsoft's Encarta encyclopedia, while writing architecture and travel pieces for The New York Press. When he's not writing, Newquist is overseeing the creation of The National GUITAR Museum, the first museum dedicated to the world's most popular instrument.