Patrick J. Lynch is a Senior Digital Officer in the Office of Public Affairs & Communications at Yale University. In his 40 years with Yale University he has been a medical illustrator, biomedical and scientific photographer, audiovisual producer, and for the past 30 years a director of media and communications service units, and a designer of interactive multimedia teaching, training, and informational software and Web sites.Personal Web site: http://patricklynch.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.lynch1Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrlynchLynch has won over 30 national and international awards for his medical illustration, publications, and software design, including the 2005 Pirelli Internetional Awards for Best Overall multimedia teaching site, and best site from higher education, the 1992 Best-in-Show Award from the Health Sciences Communications Association and a Gold Medal, Silver Medal and Award of Excellence in the international INVISION Multimedia Awards.Lynch has authored over 100 professional papers, magazine articles, and book chapters. He has been a consultant and invited speaker on Web design and Web communications issues to many universities, government agencies, corporations, and non-profits groups, and regularly does talks, workshops, and professional papers on communications management, biocommunications, academic computing, medical illustration, biomedical visualization, and Web stratgy and production management.In November 2008 Yale University Press published the third edition of the best-selling Web Style Guide, co-authored with Sarah Horton of Dartmouth College. With almost 200,000 copies of previous editions in print the Web Style Guide is one of Yale University Press's best-selling books, and the Guide has been translated into nine international editions, including Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and several Spanish-language editions. Reviewer Edward Tufte called the book "a style guide for the interface with real long-run value," and the New York Times called the Web Style Guide "an Elements of Style for the Web."In 2005 Yale University Press published A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife, which Lynch co-authored and illustrated with his frequent collaborator Noble S. Proctor. This classic field guide contains over 100 full-color plates illustrated by Lynch of over 300 species of ocean wildlife. In 2008 Yale University Press will publish their companion field guide on Southeastern and Gulf Coast marine and coastal wildlife.His book Manual of Ornithology, co-authored with Noble S. Proctor of Southern Connecticut State University, was published by Yale University Press in 1993. The Manual has won several national awards for editorial and design excellence, and is one of the most widely used texts in undergraduate and graduate ornithology courses.