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About the Author

John Grant is the author of some seventy books. His nonfiction has included
The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters
,
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
(with John Clute), and a series of books on the misuse and misunderstanding of science, begun with
Discarded Science
and continued most recently with
Denying Science
. His fiction has included novels like
The World, The Far-Enough Window
and
The Dragons of Manhattan
as well as numerous short stories, some of which have been collected as
Take No Prisoners
. For his nonfiction work he has received the Hugo (twice), the World Fantasy Award, and a number of other awards and nominations.

His
A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir
, the largest film noir encyclopedia ever published, appeared in October 2013 from Limelight. He is currently working on a YA book provisionally called
The Young Person’s Guide to Bullshit
, scheduled for publication by Zest in Fall 2014.