AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Karl P.N. Shuker BSc PhD FRES FZS is a zoologist who is internationally recognised as a world expert in cryptozoology, as well as in animal mythology and allied subjects relating to wildlife anomalies and inexplicabilia.
He obtained a BSc (Honours) degree in pure zoology at the University of Leeds (U.K.), and a PhD in zoology and comparative physiology at the University of Birmingham (U.K.). He is now a freelance zoological consultant and writer, living in the West Midlands, England.
The author of 32 books (translated into over a dozen foreign languages) and countless articles, Dr Shuker is also the official life sciences consultant for Guinness World Records, and has acted as a consultant and/or contributor for many other publications and television programmes.
Dr. Shuker appears regularly on television and radio, has served as a question setter for the BBC's cerebral quiz show Mastermind, and has travelled widely throughout the world during the course of his researches. He is a Scientific Fellow of the prestigious Zoological Society of London, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a Member of the International Society of Cryptozoology, the Centre for Fortean Zoology, and other wildlife-related organisations, and is also a Member of the Society of Authors.
In 2005, Dr Shuker was honoured by the naming of a new species of loriciferan invertebrate after him - Pliciloricus shukeri.
AUTHOR BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mystery Cats of the World: From Blue Tigers To Exmoor Beasts (Robert Hale: London, 1989).
Extraordinary Animals Worldwide (Robert Hale: London, 1991).
The Lost Ark: New and Rediscovered Animals of the 20th Century (HarperCollins: London, 1993).
Dragons: A Natural History (Aurum: London/Simon & Schuster: New York, 1995; republished Taschen: Cologne, 2006).
In Search of Prehistoric Survivors: Do Giant 'Extinct' Creatures Still Exist? (Blandford: London, 1995).
The Unexplained: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Natural and Paranormal Mysteries (Carlton: London/JG Press: North Dighton, 1996; republished Carlton: London, 2002).
From Flying Toads To Snakes With Wings: From the Pages of FATE Magazine (Llewellyn: St Paul, 1997).
Mysteries of Planet Earth: An Encyclopedia of the Inexplicable (Carlton: London, 1999).
The Hidden Powers of Animals: Uncovering the Secrets of Nature (Reader's Digest: Pleasantville/Marshall Editions: London, 2001).
Historic Realms of Marvels and Miracles: Between Myth and Materiality (Chelsea House: New York, 2001).
Ancient Worlds, Ancient Mysteries: Legends of Many Millennia (Chelsea House: New York, 2001).
Lost Worlds and Forgotten Secrets: Riddles of Earth and Beyond (Chelsea House: New York, 2001).
The New Zoo: New and Rediscovered Animals of the Twentieth Century [fully-updated, greatly-expanded, new edition of The Lost Ark] (House of Stratus Ltd: Thirsk, UK/House of Stratus Inc: Poughkeepsie, USA, 2002).
The Beasts That Hide From Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals (Paraview: New York, 2003).
Extraordinary Animals Revisited: From Singing Dogs To Serpent Kings (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2007).
Dr Shuker's Casebook: In Pursuit of Marvels and Mysteries (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2008).
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals on Stamps: A Worldwide Catalogue (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2008).
Star Steeds and Other Dreams: The Collected Poems (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2009).
Karl Shuker's Alien Zoo: From the Pages of Fortean Times (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2010).
The Encyclopaedia of New and Rediscovered Animals: From the Lost Ark to the New Zoo - and Beyond (Coachwhip Publications: Landisville, 2012).
Cats of Magic, Mythology, and Mystery: A Feline Phantasmagoria (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2012).
Mirabilis: A Carnival of Cryptozoology and Unnatural History (Anomalist Books: San Antonio, 2013).
Dragons in Zoology, Cryptozoology, and Culture (Coachwhip Publications: Greenville, 2013).
The Menagerie of Marvels: A Third Compendium of Extraordinary Animals (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2014).
A Manifestation of Monsters: Examining the (Un)Usual Suspects (Anomalist Books: San Antonio, 2015).
More Star Steeds and Other Dreams: The Collected Poems - 2015 Expanded Edition (Fortean Words: Bideford, 2015).
Here's Nessie! A Monstrous Compendium From Loch Ness (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2016).
Still In Search Of Prehistoric Survivors: The Creatures That Time Forgot? (Coachwhip Publications: Greenville, 2016).
ShukerNature Book 1: Antlered Elephants, Locust Dragons, and Other Cryptic Blog Beasts (Coachwhip Publications: Greenville, 2019).
ShukerNature Book 2: Living Gorgons, Bottled Homunculi, and Other Monstrous Blog Beasts (Coachwhip Publications: Greenville, 2020).
This Cryptid World: A Global Survey of Undiscovered Beasts (Herb Lester Associates: London, 2020).
Mystery Cats of the World Revisited: Blue Tigers, King Cheetahs, Black Cougars, Spotted Lions, and More (Anomalist Books: San Antonio, 2020).
Consultant and also Contributor:
Man and Beast (Reader's Digest: Pleasantville, New York, 1993).
Secrets of the Natural World (Reader's Digest: Pleasantville, New York, 1993).
Almanac of the Uncanny (Reader's Digest: Surry Hills, Australia, 1995).
The Guinness Book of Records/Guinness World Records (Guinness: London, 1997-present day).
Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals (Guinness: London, 2017).
Guinness World Records: Wild Things (Guinness: London, 2018).
Consultant:
Monsters (Lorenz: London, 2001).
Contributor:
Of Monsters and Miracles [CD-ROM format] (Croydon Museum Services & Interactive Designs Ltd: Oxon, 1995).
Fortean Times Weird Year 1996 (John Brown Publishing: London, 1996).
Mysteries of the Deep (Llewellyn: St Paul, 1998).
Guinness Amazing Future (Guinness: London, 1999).
The Earth (Channel 4 Books: London, 2000).
Mysteries and Monsters of the Sea (Gramercy: New York, 2001).
Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained (Chambers: Edinburgh, 2007).
Chambers Myths and Mysteries (Chambers: Edinburgh, 2008).
The Fortean Times Paranormal Handbook (Dennis Publishing: London, 2009).
Death Worm: Metamorphosis of the Allghoi Khorkhoi [in Russian] (Salamandra P.V.V.: Moscow, 2014)..
Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies (Wyrd Harvest Press/Lulu, 2015).
Tales of the Damned: An Anthology of Fortean Horror (Fortean Fiction: Bideford, 2016).
Editor
Journal of Cryptozoology (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2012-present day).
