Matthew MacDonald is a science and technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name. He's particularly known for his books about building websites, which include a do-it-from-scratch tutorial (Creating a Website: The Missing Manual), a look at cutting-edge HTML5 (HTML5: The Missing Manual), and a WordPress primer (WordPress: The Missing Manual). He's also written a series of books about programming on and off the Web with .NET, teaches programming at Ryerson University, and is a three-time Microsoft MVP.
I have acutally been using this book as my Bible for creating a database for work. There are so many changes and nuances to 2013, that this manual has been a life-saver! If you are not a programmer, and have to do some serious database work, don't attempt it without this book.