Carol Yacht is a textbook author and accounting educator. Carol contributes regularly to professional journals and is the author of Peachtree, QuickBooks, and Excel textbooks (www.mhhe.com/yacht). In 1978, Carol started using accounting software in her classes at institutions including Yavapai College; West Los Angeles Community College; California State University, Los Angeles; and Beverly Hills High School. Carol is an officer of the American Accounting Association's Two-Year College Section. She worked for IBM Corporation as an education instruction specialist, and served on the Computer Education Task Force for the National Business Education Association. Carol is a frequent speaker at state, regional, and national conventions; technical school consortium meetings; and Department of Education conferences. She earned her AS degree from Temple University, BS degree from the University of New Mexico, and MA degree from California State University, Los Angeles.