Clayton Walnum

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Clayton Walnum is a programmer who has written multiple books about programming in C#, DirectX and C++.[http://www.allbookstores.com/author/Clayton_Walnum.html Books by Clayton Walnum]

Clayton Walnum started programming computers in 1982, when he traded an IBM Selectric typewriter to buy an Atari 400 computer with 16K of RAM.[http://www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=DE41B7B7-D619-4022-8CDF-20208FEE4AF1 InformIT: Clayton Walnum] He was hired as a Technical Editor for Atari 8-bit magazine ANALOG Computing in 1985, eventually becoming

Executive Editor before leaving in 1989, the year the publication folded. He authored a number of type-in games for ANALOG, including Dragonlord (1985) and Moonlord (1986), mostly written in Atari BASIC.{{cite web|title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers|url=http://dadgum.com/giantlist|website=dadgum.com}}

Walnum has since acquired a degree in computer science, and written over 30 books (translated into many languages). He is also the author of hundreds of magazine articles and software reviews, as well as a large number of programs.