Richard Sugg

Richard Sugg is the author of 18 books, including Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires (3rd edn, 2020), The Real Vampires (2023), Talking Dirty: A History of Disgust from Jesus Christ to Boris Johnson (2023) and Dogsygen (2024). Impossible Journeys: How Dogs Reinvented Love, Family and Home is out with Harper Collins in May 2027. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The Lancet, BBC History and Der Spiegel, and on international television and podcasts. His books have been translated into Turkish and Japanese. He previously lectured in English and History at Cardiff University and Durham University.