Richard. Monson-Haefel is the author of four best-selling editions of Enterprise JavaBeans (O'Reilly) J2EE Web Services (Addison-Wesley), and  the coauthor of Java Message Service (O'Reilly). His books have won the following awards:
  • 2002 Java Developer Journal's Reader's Choice award for "Best Java Book". 
  • 2001 JavaPRO Reader's Choice award for "Best Advanced Java Book".
  • Amazon’s "Best of 2001" and "Best of 2002" awards
  • 1999 Java Developer Journal's Editor's Choice award for "Best Java Book".

You can find more information on his books at the following URLs.
 
J2EE Web Services
Addison-Wesley Oct. 2003
950 pages
Official Errata
Enterprise JavaBeans, 4th Edition
O'Reilly & Associates 2004
800 pages
Java Message Service
O'Reilly & Associates 2000
238 pages