W.Richard Stevens，國際知名的UNIX和網絡專傢，備受贊譽的技術作傢。他1951年2月5日齣生於贊比亞，後隨父母迴到美國。中學時就讀於弗吉尼亞菲什伯恩軍事學校，1973年獲得密歇根大學航空和航天工程學士學位。1975年至1982年，他在亞利桑那州圖森市的基特峰國傢天文颱從事計算機編程工作，業餘時間喜愛飛行運動，做過兼職飛行教練。這期間他分彆在1978年和1982年獲得亞利桑那大學係統工程碩士和博士學位。此後他去康涅狄格州紐黑文的健康係統國際公司任主管計算機服務的副總裁。1990年他迴到圖森，從事專業技術寫作和谘詢工作。寫下瞭多種經典的傳世之作，包括《TCP／IP詳解》(三捲)、《UNlX環境高級編程》和《UNI×網絡編程》(兩捲)。Stevens於1999年9月1日去世，年僅48歲。2000年他被國際權威機構USENIX追授“終身成就奬”。

Now, for the first time, all three volumes of W. Richard Stevens' classic TCP/IP Illustrated books have been brought together, at one special price. These books have become legends for their clear explanations, well-designed figures, and real-world demonstrations of TCP/IP in action, using actual data collected from real diagnostic programs. This new package also includes an exclusive data structures poster -- and the handsome slipcase makes it an ideal gift for networking professionals, students, and graduates. Volume 1 presents an in-depth introduction to the TCP/IP protocol suite, including the link layer, IP, ARP, RARP, ICMP, Ping, Traceroute, IP routing, dynamic routing protocols such as RIP and OSPF, UDP, broadcasting, multicasting, DNS, BOOTP, SNMP, FTP, NFS, and more. Volume 2 focuses on the implementation of TCP/IP protocols, teaching by example through 500 illustrations and 15,000 lines of real, working code. Volume 3 focuses on four crucial TCP/IP programming topics: T/TCP (TCP for Transactions); HTTP; NNTP; and the UNIX domain protocols.