Dugald A. Steer B.A. (Brist), S.A.S.D. (born 1965) is an English children's writer.

Biography

Early life and education

Dugald Steer was born in 1965 and grew up in Surrey. He completed a

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, majoring in English literature and philosophy at Bristol University, then completed a

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course and lived in Spain for five years.

Career

After returning to the United Kingdom, Steer got a job with Templar Publishing, working his way up to become senior editor. At Templar, he wrote and edited many books, including numerous Ologies. He has since gone freelance in order to pursue writing for children and teaching. Author bio at Waterstones
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Published works

Steer has authored over 100 books, beginning with ''Big Bear and the Missing Mouse'' (1995). Other notable works of his include ''Mythical Mazes'', ''Scary Fairies'', ''An Accidental Christmas'', ''Just One More Story'', ''The Night Tiger'', '' Dragonology'', ''The Dragonology Chronicles: The Dragon's Eye'', ''The Dragonology Chronicles: The Dragon Diary'', ''The Dragonology Chronicles: The Dragon's Apprentice'' and ''The Dragonology Chronicles: The Dragon Prophecy''.

Bibliography

* '' Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons'' (2003) (Illustrated by Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson, Nghiem Ta, Chris Forsey, A. J. Wood, and Douglas Carrel) * '' Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris'' (2004) (Illustrated by Nghiem Ta, Ian P. Andrew, Nick Harris, and Helen Ward) * '' Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin'' (2005) (Illustrated by Nghiem Ta,

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, John Howe,

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, and Helen Ward) * '' Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion'' (2006) (Illustrated by Nghiem Ta, Ian Andrew,

, Helen Ward, G. Hunt, R. Sella, and Carole Thomann) * ''Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology'' (2009) (Illustrated by Nghiem Ta, J. P. Lambert, A. J. Wood, Douglas Carrel,

, Nick Harris, Wayne Anderson, and Helen Ward)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steer, Dugald 1965 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol English children's writers People from Surrey English male short story writers English short story writers