Jesse Liberty (born July 10, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York), now living in Massachusetts, is a best-selling author who has written extensively about programming and especially about Microsoft .NET. He is the author of nearly two dozen books and dozens of articles for computer journals, newspapers and web sites , and has written on both technical and non-technical topics.
Currently: Senior Program Manager Microsoft Corporation, Silverlight Development Team (working title: "Silverlight Geek") . Responsibilities include creating resources for developers who are learning or using Silverlight or Windows Phone 7 . Liberty spends his time creating videos, tutorials, showcase applications, and speaking at industry events
Liberty's CV includes: VP of Technical Development at Citibank , Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T and PBS/Learning Link and President of Liberty Associates, Inc, and is on the faculty at Brandeis University where he periodically teaches in the Raab School of Continuing Studies (Graduate Division).
Liberty, an out bisexual , has been active in gay rights since 1971; former member of the Gay Activists Alliance, and is active in the Human Rights Campaign and the Massachusetts rights organization MassEquality. His coming out story was featured on the Human Rights Campaign Coming Out Page.