Dugald Steer
Dugald A. Steer was born in 1965 and lives in Surrey. His love of books and reading led him to study English Literature and Philosophy at Bristol University where he was an avid contributor to the Poetry Society Magazine. After stints working for Friends of the Earth and the Duchy of Lancaster Office, Dugald trained to teach English and spent the next five years in Spain, living in Galicia and Andalucia, writing in his spare time.
Dugald now works as a freelance author for Templar Publishing, for whom he worked as an inhouse writer and editor for ten years. He has written a large number of books, including Mythical Mazes, Scary Fairies, An Accidental Christmas, Just One More Story and The Night Tiger among others.
Dugald is the author of many books in the hugely successful Ology™ series, including Dragonology™ and Monsterology™ (writing as Dr. Ernest Drake), Egyptology (as Emily Sands), Wizardology™ (as the wizard Merlin!), Pirateology™ (as Capt. William Lubber), Mythology (as Lady Hestia Evans), Spyology™ (as Spencer Blake) and Alienology™ (as Professor Grey), as well as the Ology™ handbooks, model packs, field guides and the Dragonology™ Pocket Adventures. He has also written three firebreathing novels in the Dragonology Chroncles series, with a fourth on the way.
