Charles Purdy
Charles Purdy is the managing editor of the award-winning, internationally published magazine Macworld (500,000 circulation), an industry leader. With his team, he manages editorial content and helps shape the look and feel of Macworld. An editorial professional, Charles has written for several national magazines.

Purdy’s expertise is with the English language and effective communication. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature, and has studied creative writing and film at the graduate level. He's also a TOEFL-certified English teacher; he has developed and taught university-level English-graduate coursework in Budapest, Hungary. Here in the United States, he leads popular editing classes for journalism professionals, as well as seminars on business writing for international corporations.

An etiquette expert, Purdy writes a nationally published etiquette-advice column (under the pseudonym "Social Grace") and is a regular guest of San Francisco's KFOG Radio Morning Show, where he answers etiquette questions on-the-air. His etiquette advice has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

Purdy authored the book Urban Etiquette: Marvelous Manners for the Modern Metropolis, published by Wildcat Canyon Press in 2004. He is an in-demand instructor on Business Etiquette and Effective Business Writing for Managers.