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Swiatek taught high school math for eight years, entered the business world, most of the time as a software consultant. He retired in 2001 and resumed his third career as a writer, chronicled in his March 2008 book, "I Don't Want To Be a Pirate - Writer, maybe," highly recommended by Midwest Book Review. His latest book, "Computers For Smart People," was published in February 2012. It's the very first book he wrote. It was preceded a few months before by "Recipes For Joy In Life." His 2007 book and Indie Excellence 2007 Finalist, "This Page Intentionally Left Blank - Just Like the Paychecks of the Workers," justifies increasing the hourly minimum wage to $15 as well as lowering the hours in the workweek to 30. His other books are "Save The Animals And Children"; a novel about the national lottery, "Don't Bet On It"; "Tick Tock, Don't Stop: A Manual for Workaholics"; "for seeing eye dogs only," a 2005 Foreword Magazine Finalist; "here's your free gift - send $10 for shipping"; "wake up - it's time for your sleeping pill"; "Take Back the Earth - The Dumb, Greedy Incompetents Have Trashed It"; "Press 1 for Pig Latin" (a book on the failure of technology); a treatise on truth, "Mirror, Mirror, On My Car"; and "This War Won't Cost Much - I'm Already Against the Next One." His books have received rave reviews, which you can find at the website he designed and maintains, WWW.BOBCOOKS.COM. He lives in Buffalo, New York.