Well, my agent wanted me to update my bio for a new project so test drive the bolder, brighter, bigger 2008 Tom Wrona bio.

Tom Wrona is a successful author, journalist, technical writer, corporate trainer and Web developer. He's been explaining computers to people since 1978, when he introduced the Tandy TRS-80 to members of the fledgling Westchester (N.Y.) Computer Club on behalf of a local Radio Shack store.

In the years since, he's written for computer magazines that include Windows Sources, PC Resource, MacUser, MacWorld and Computer Reseller News, where he was the reviews editor and wrote a column on the Macintosh.

As a partner in Computer Coach, of Boca Raton, Fla., Wrona taught more than 10,000 students how to use Windows, Macintosh and popular applications like the Microsoft Office suite. He was also the company's vice president and chief instructional designer.

Wrona’s byline was first seen in his contribution to Willam Safire’s bestseller On Language, (Times Books, 1980) a collection of Safire’s New York Times columns of the same name and letters his readers sent him. Safire included a letter Wrona had sent him correcting the language maven’s English.

Wrona’s first book, How to Run a Hard Disk PC, was published in 1988 by Scott, Foresman and Company. Bay Area Computer Currents said it was, “Required reading for ‘Hard Disk Management 101.’”

His second book, Build a Web Site in a Day: An 8-Hour Plan for Launching & Promoting Your Site was published in 1997 by Ventana Communications. The Education and Training Academy Online Review wrote, “I recommend that you read Build a Web Site in a Day. Sorry, you cannot have my copy even at twice the price.”

Tom Wrona's corporate clients have included Baker & McKenzie, Borland International, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dow Jones & Company, IDG International, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Nortel Networks, Racal Telecom, Telecom Library, and Ziff-Davis.

Wrona's writing and editing experience extends into practically all areas of business communications. He's written direct mail pieces, press releases and press kits, marketing collateral, Web site copy and more. When he's not working on corporate and technical writing assignments he's the theater critic for The (Surf City, NJ) Beachcomber, for which he reviews local summer stock productions. In the spring of 2007 he became a contributor to the dining supersite Chowbaby.com with his lists of  the the Top Ten Restaurants and the Top Ten Most Romantic Restaurants in Atlantic City.

Wrona has also produced, written and directed a short independent film, The Loescher-Hall Effect, now in post production.

Wrona's journalistic experience is equally broad. He's written for audiences that range from the readers of the consumer affairs and employment columns he wrote for Woman's World to the Wall Street movers and shakers who read Barron's.

What's the common thread in these uncommonly diverse audiences? Wrona is a professional explainer. He takes arcane concepts and complex ideas and translates them into plain English anyone can understand.

Wrona has appeared on PBS's Nightly Business Report, WABC-TV's Eyewitness News and radio talk shows from coast to coast.

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