Jean Wynck，是美國科羅拉多州立大學(Colorado State University)的榮譽退休教授(Professor Emerita)，曾任該校寫作教研部主任11年之久。她有豐富的教學經驗，在近30年的教學生涯中，主講過本科英語寫作課、培訓過英語寫作教師並擔任多項寫作研究項目的負責人。此外，她還著有“The Rinehart Reader”和“Discovering Ideas”等著作。她曾發錶瞭二十多篇關於寫作和美國文學方麵的論文。目前她研究的主要內容包括19世紀晚期和20世紀初的美國小說、美國研究以及婦女研究。她齣版的三本大學寫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.