Joel Levy

Agent: James Wills

Joel Levy is a writer and journalist specialising in history, science and the paranormal. He is the author of many books, including The Infinite Tortoise, on thought experiments and paradoxes; Gothic Science, about the science that inspired the novel Frankenstein; Meltdown: Stories of Nuclear Disaster and the Cost of Going Critical; Fabulous Creatures and Magical Beings, exploring the world of strange creatures; biographies of Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking; The Pocket Book of Dragons, a cultural history of the king of monsters; and many more. He has also written features and articles for the British National Press, and has appeared on national television and numerous local and national radio shows.