Patrick Carey received his M.S. in Biostatistics from the University of Wisconsin, where he worked as a researcher designing and analysing clinical studies. He co-authored his first textbook on using Excel as a statistical tool. Patrick has authored or co-authored over 20 academic and trade texts for the software industry.
Outside of the fact that it was $80 at the CSU bookstore, it's a well written book. Plenty of illustrations and examples that are color keyed. Informative and enjoyable to read as far as technical books go. I intend to reread it after my course completes.