Jean Wynck，是美国科罗拉多州立大学(Colorado State University)的荣誉退休教授(Professor Emerita)，曾任该校写作教研部主任11年之久。她有丰富的教学经验，在近30年的教学生涯中，主讲过本科英语写作课、培训过英语写作教师并担任多项写作研究项目的负责人。此外，她还著有“The Rinehart Reader”和“Discovering Ideas”等著作。她曾发表了二十多篇关于写作和美国文学方面的论文。目前她研究的主要内容包括19世纪晚期和20世纪初的美国小说、美国研究以及妇女研究。她出版的三本大学写作教材都曾多次再版。

Reliable and straightforward, this text has helped thousands of students learn to write well. Jean Wyrick's rhetorically organized STEPS TO WRITING WELL, International Edition, is known for its student-friendly tone and the clear way it presents the basics of essay writing in an easy-to-follow progression of useful lessons and activities. Through straightforward advice and thoughtful assignments, the text gives students the practice they need to approach writing well-constructed essays with confidence. With Wyrick's precise instruction and the book's professional samples by both well-known classic and contemporary writers, STEPS TO WRITING WELL, International Edition, sets students on a solid path to writing success. Everything students need to begin, organize, and revise writing--from choosing a topic to developing the essay to polishing prose-is right here! In the eleventh edition, Wyrick updates and refines the book's successful approach, adding useful new discussions, readings, exercises, essay assignments, and visual images for analysis.