Monsterland: A Journey Around the World's Dark Imagination - Nicholas Jubber

Jubber, Nicholas: - Nicholas Jubber is an award-winning travel writer. Fascinated by history and its relationship with the present, he explores connections -- and misconnections -- across the centuries. In his book, The Fairy Tellers , this fascination carries him from Kashmir to Lapland to find out the history behind some of the world's most beloved, and many long-forgotten, fairy tales. He has been shortlisted three times for the Stanford Dolman Award, and won it for his debut The Prester Quest . He has spoken at literary festivals including Hay-on-Wye and Edinburgh, and has written articles for The Guardian , The Telegraph , and The Irish Times , among others.