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Steve Parker

Steve Parker has written more than 200 non-fiction titles and contributed to and/or edited another 100 or so, all highly illustrated and mostly for the younger or family readership. His main topic areas are natural sciences from dinosaurs to the latest conservation issues, also earth sciences, technology, space science, general ‘phys-chem-bio’, human body, health and medicine. Publishers include Dorling Kindersley (with 30-plus titles including various Eyewitness strands), Heinemann / Harcourt / Raintree, Smithsonian, Wayland, A&C Black, Walker, Chrysalis, Quarto, Belitha and Miles Kelly.

Tel/Fax: 01379 678991

Email steveatsteveparker.co.uk  

Email srja.parkeratbtinternet.com  

Web www.steveparker.co.uk

Age group preferences:

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Other work includes:

Regular visits to schools and libraries for book weeks, science events, library days, workshops, information research and writing skills, 'how books are made' and interactive workshops.

A few recent titles by Steve Parker:

The Human Body Book + DVD ROM

 

The Human Body Book

Dorling Kindersley (2007)


 Major 256-page new work on the body in health and illness, with interactive DVD.
 

 

 

Extreme Dinosaurs
Smithsonian / HarperCollins (2008)


The most extreme and amazing dinosaurs described in detailed text and exciting pictures, along with the latest research and scientific thinking about whether dinosaurs were clever, warm-blooded, sociable ­ and still alive today, in the form of birds.
 

 

Horrible Science Blast Off by Stever Parker

 

 Horrible Science 

Ongoing fortnightly part work, science consultant  

 

 

 

Beyond The Solar System: From Red Giants To Black Holes, plus other titles in the Earth and Space series

Wayland (2007)
 

A new view of what's happening in space, from possible asteroid impacts on Earth to the latest interpretations of the Big Bang.
 

 

 

Machines Rule!
Hachette Children's Books (2008)

An eight-title series about big exciting vehicles and machines including In the Air, On the Road, At the Racetrack, In an Emergency, At Sea, On the Farm, On the Building Site, In Space.
 

 

Seashore by Steve Parker

 

  

Seashore
Eyewitness, Dorling Kindersley

One of 20-plus titles Steve has written in the various Eyewitness strands, with newer bigger versions in the pipeline.

 

 

Body Talk Control Freak by Steve Parker

 

Body Talk

Heinemann Library 2006 

6-title human body series for part-reluctant readers (56 pages each).