Darwin''s Ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists

About Rebecca Stott

Rebecca Stott is a novelist and historian. She is Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia and an Affiliated Scholar at the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University. She is the author of eleven books including three non-fiction history of science books: Darwin and the Barnacle Theatres of Glass: The Woman who Brought the Sea to the City and Oyster and two historical novels and most recently the bestselling Ghostwalk shortlisted for the Jelf First Novel Award and the Society of Authors First Book Award and The Coral Thief both of which have been published in many different countries. She is regularly asked to contribute to radio and TV documentaries and arts programmes. Rebecca Stott lives in Cambridge.