Gordon Maltby has owned 31 Porsches over 50 years, doing most maintenance and restoration himself. He wrote the highly regarded Motorbooks title Porsche 356 and RS Spyders and has co-authored and edited several Porsche technical, historical, and buying guide books in the years since. He was editor of the Porsche 356 Registry bi-monthly magazine for 28 years, evolving it into a 76-page full-color publication. He lives in Minnesota with his wife and a cobalt blue Boxster.

Grant Larson was born in Billings, Montana and grew up in Wisconsin. A passion for cars led to studies at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, then at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena. After three years at Audi in Munich, he joined Porsche as an exterior designer in 1989. He was lead designer for the Boxster prototype, as well as the Carrera GT show car, the Panamera, various 911s and special editions, race cars and most recently, the 935. He is currently Director of Special Projects at the Porsche Weissach studios.
Grant has three daughters--and three 986 Boxsters--and lives with his wife in Illingen, Germany. With a passionate interest in Porsche history, he also owns a 1956 Speedster, a 1957 T-1 coupe (lightweight project) and a 1965 356 SC.

"Gordon Maltby spent 26 years editing the Porsche 356 Registry, peering into all corners of the Porsche garage: the cars, the
family, the designers, the production process, the side projects, the racing, the history, the sales, the trends, and the drivers. His new
book, Porsche 356: 75th Anniversary, reflects that deep and wide experience in a way that no book by a first-time author ever could."--Porsche 356 Registry

"...tells the in-depth story and is a must-have book for anyone that loves Porsche and sports car history."--StuttCars.com

Let's get this out of the way first: Porsche 356: 75th Anniversary Is the best book about cars I have ever read. Period. Part of the reason may be that the book focuses on a single model and follows its evolution from creation to perfection but the truth is that every aspect of this book has been produced with the highest quality.--JoeFarace.com

"The entire history of the 356 is well-told and well-illustrated covering every facet from design to engineering as well as Porsche company history."--AVANTI Magazine

Unlike most recent Porsche titles, 356 doesn't merely tell of engineering specifics, it shows them, too, reproducing factory schematics, drawings, and cu-aways."--Helen V Hutchings, AACA.org

"Gordon Maltby has owned 31 Porsches over 50 years, doing most maintenance and restoration himself." See? Total gearhead. He's one of us, and he can write a stellar book too! --Automoblog