Until recently, Dugald A. Steer worked as an
author and editor at Templar Publishing. He is the writer behind
Candlewick's widely acclaimed New York
Times bestsellers, Dragonology, The
Dragonology Handbook, and Egyptology, as well as the
forthcoming Egyptology Handbook. Dugald has now given up
his editorial job to concentrate on writing full-time, especially
more books with "ology" in the title. Dugald Steer lives near
London and has far less free time than he imagined he would.
Nghiem Ta, Ology Alchemist: Nghiem Ta works as a designer
and paper-engineer at Templar Publishing. She has overseen the
creation of all of the "Ologies" in collaboration with Dugald
Steer. She is responsible for developing the lavish special effects
and paper-engineering that truly set these books apart and she sees
every title as a fresh challenge to pack in increasing amounts of
clever new novelties! Her skills, and those of the rest of the
creative team, were recognized this year
when Egyptology was awarded the 2005 British Book Award
for Design and Production.
Anne Yvonne Gilbert is an artist of international
acclaim and her work has been exhibited in galleries all over the
world. Born in Northumberland, she studied at Newcastle College and
Liverpool College of Art, and graduated with a diploma in art and
design. She has illustrated numerous books, including most recently
Hans Christian Anderson's The Wild Swans. She received the
Golden Stamp Award in 1985 and also illustrated a series of
stunning postage stamps for Royal Mail.
John Howe was born in 1957 in Vancouver, Canada. He
grew up in British Columbia and studied at the Ecoles des Artes
Decoratifs de Strasbourg. A renowned fantasy artist, John Howe made
a significant contribution to the creation of the look of
Middle-earth for Peter Jackson's film trilogy of The Lord of
the Rings. John has also illustrated numerous Tolkien titles,
novels and children's books. Wizardology is his first
project with Candlewick Press. John Howe now lives in Switzerland
with his wife, Fataneh, who is also an illustrator, and their son
Dana.
Tomislav Tomic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, in 1977.
After graduating from Zagreb's Academy of Fine Arts in 2001, he
started working as an illustrator. Since then, he has produced
cover illustrations for numerous books and has also illustrated
pieces for magazines. His black and white engravings
for Wizardology are his first for an American publisher,
but no doubt more will follow!
Helen Ward trained as an illustrator at Brighton School
of Art, under the direction of well-known children's illustrators
such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd, Chris McEwan and John Vernon
Lord. In 1985, her final year at Brighton, Helen was awarded the
first Walker Prize for Children's
Illustration. Wizardology is the third "Ology" title to
which Helen has contributed her art. Her illustrations include the
fabulous Wizard Master's Workshop in Chapter III and the black and
white woodcuts seen throughout the book.
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