Andy Hunt (sometimes credited as
Andrew Hunt) is a writer of books on software development. Hunt co-authored
The Pragmatic Programmer, six other books and many articles, and was one of the 17 original authors of the
Agile Manifesto and founders of the
Agile Alliance. He and partner
Dave Thomas founded the Pragmatic Bookshelf series of books for software developers. He also plays the trumpet, flugel horn, and keyboards.