Mary Jane Sterling is also the author of Algebra For Dummies, Trigonometry For Dummies, Algebra II For Dummies, CliffsStudySolver Algebra I, and CliffsStudySolver Algebra II. She taught junior high and high school math for many years before beginning her current tenure at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Mary Jane especially enjoys working with future teachers, doing volunteer work with her college students and fellow Kiwanians, and sitting down with a glass of lemonade and a good murder mystery.