Earls, Alan R.

Written by a journalist who has covered the region's high-tech sector for more than twenty years, Route 128 and the Birth of the Age of High Tech will appeal to anyone who has ever lived or worked in eastern Massachusetts, particularly those connected to the high-tech industries. The son of an engineer who worked at several of the area's early high-tech firms, Alan R. Earls grew up in the suburbs of Boston. He is a former editor of Mass High Tech newspaper and continues to write widely for business and consumer publications.