Mike Piper is a certified public accountant who has built a career translating financial and tax topics into plain, approachable language for readers without a background in finance. He's the author of a wide ranging series of short, focused guides covering topics like taxes, investing, retirement accounts, and social security, all published under a similar philosophy of stripping away jargon and getting straight to what readers actually need to understand. Accounting Made Simple" reflects that same approach applied to financial statements and accounting fundamentals, aimed at giving business owners, students, and curious readers a clear entry point into a subject that often gets buried under unnecessary complexity.