Patrick James Lynch (born November 14, 1953 in

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) is an American author, artist, biomedical illustrator, and photographer. He lives in North Haven, Connecticut with his wife Susan E. Grajek. He has one daughter, Kathryn, and a son-in-law, Zubin. He has written four editions of the ''Web Style Guide'' for

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with his co-author Sarah Horton. ''Web Style Guide'' has been published in eleven languages, and was named one of

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's top 10 web books in 1999. In a

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review, J. D. Biersdorfer describes the book as “an ‘Elements of Style’ for Webmasters.” Lynch also writes and illustrates field guides with his friend and co-author Noble S. Proctor, a renowned American birder, naturalist, and emeritus professor at Southern Connecticut State University. Their ''Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife'' was published by Yale University Press in 2005. Lynch's latest field guide is ''A Field Guide to Long Island Sound'' with color illustrations, published in 2017.

References

Lynch, Patrick J. 2017. A Field Guide to Long Island Sound.

External links

The complete text of the fourth edition of the ''Web Style Guide'' online
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