Alan Beaulieu

Alan Beaulieu is an American database consultant and author whose book Learning SQL is one of the most widely used introductions to querying relational databases. The title takes beginners from a first SELECT to advanced joins, subqueries and database design, with clear examples in MySQL.

Beaulieu has worked for more than fifteen years in data architecture, teaching and database design for businesses ranging from startups to large corporations. His accessible teaching style and hands-on approach have made the book a standard textbook for students and self-taught programmers alike.