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About the Author

Children's writer Dugald A. Steer was born in 1965 in South London and grew up in Surrey, England. After studying English literature and philosophy at Bristol University, he took a TEFL course and moved to Spain. Steer later worked in England as an editor for Templar Publishing. He created the show more bestselling Ologies series for children, which includes such popular titles as Dragonology, Egyptology, Wizardology, Pirateology, and Oceanology. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:

Dugald Steer writes under various names for the Ologies series including Merlin, Emily Sands, Dr. Ernest Drake, and Capt. William Lubber.

Series

Works by Dugald A. Steer

Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion (Ologies) (2006) — Editor — 1,012 copies
The Dragon's Eye (2006) 653 copies
Mythology (Ologies) (2007) 627 copies
Spyology (2008) — Editor, some editions — 200 copies
Just One More Story (1999) 132 copies
The Dragon Diary (2009) 126 copies
A Field Guide to Dragons (2007) — Editor — 122 copies
Working with Dragons (2004) 114 copies
Snappy Little Bugs (Snappy Pop-Ups) (1999) — Author — 104 copies
Pirateology: Guidebook and Model Set (2007) — Editor — 93 copies
Dragonology Pocket Adventures [4 volume set] (1656) — Editor — 57 copies
The Dragon's Apprentice (2011) 37 copies
Mythical Mazes (1996) 31 copies
The Dragon Prophecy (2012) 30 copies
Little Mouse, I Love You (2004) 30 copies
Snappy Sounds Moo! : With Fun Animal Sounds (2004) — Author — 26 copies
Scary Fairies (1997) 25 copies
Egyptology Code-Writing Kit (2007) 23 copies
Jolly Jungle: Pop-Up Fun! (2000) 22 copies
The Dragon Star (2005) 21 copies
The Dragon Dance (2005) 21 copies
Pirateology Code-Writing Kit (2007) — Editor — 21 copies
The Winged Serpent (2005) 19 copies
Good Night, Little Mouse (2004) 19 copies
The Iceland Wyrm (2005) 19 copies
Zany Zoo: Pop-Up Fun! (2000) 18 copies
Farmyard Fun: Pop-Up Fun! (2000) 17 copies
Time for a Tale (2002) 16 copies
The Midnight Bear (2001) 16 copies
Tracking and Taming Dragons (2006) 15 copies
Butterfly's Book of Colours (1999) 15 copies
Thank You, Little Mouse (2005) 14 copies
Amazing Mazes: 30 Puzzles (2002) 13 copies
Bugsy's Book of Shapes (1999) 11 copies
An Accidental Christmas (1998) 11 copies
Santa's Song: Pop-Up Fun! (2001) 11 copies
Time For School (1997) 10 copies
Tale of a Tiger (2002) 9 copies
Ghostology (ology Series) (2020) 8 copies
Snappy Little Showtime (2001) 8 copies
Snappy Little Springtime (2003) 8 copies
Little Mouse and Friends (2006) 6 copies
Panda's Pizza (2004) 6 copies
The Ologies Collection (2006) 4 copies
The Jam Panda Picnic (1996) 4 copies
Só mais uma história (2015) 2 copies
Ssst! Beer wil slapen! (1999) 2 copies
Pet Parade (2000) 2 copies
An Egyptologist's Writing Kit (2007) — Editor — 2 copies
El ojo del dragón (2007) 2 copies
Feliz Natal, Tita (2007) 2 copies
Build a dragon (2016) 2 copies
Drakens dagbok (2009) 1 copy
A sr̀kǹyszem (2007) 1 copy
Snappy Little Sounds (1999) 1 copy
Pirateology 1 copy
Super Snappy Words (2002) 1 copy
Os Monstros (2002) 1 copy
Big Bear on the Road (1997) 1 copy
Drakens öga (2008) 1 copy
Ciutat divertida (2003) 1 copy
Un día divertido (2003) 1 copy

Tagged

(180) Ancient Egypt (54) ancient history (39) animals (60) archaeology (40) art (67) children (180) children's (285) children's books (61) children's fiction (32) children's literature (70) children-ya (42) dragon (40) dragonology (33) dragons (476) Egypt (159) Egyptology (37) fantasy (696) fiction (423) folklore (41) hardcover (134) history (168) illustrated (113) interactive (57) juvenile (41) kids (52) magic (89) non-fiction (143) ologies (137) Ology (74) own (61) picture book (169) pirates (106) pop-up (166) read (72) reference (96) Series - Ologies Collection (53) to-read (174) wizards (66) young adult (49)

Common Knowledge

Other names
Drake, Ernest
Sands, Emily
Merlin
Lubber, William
Evans, Lady Hestia
Blake, Spencer (show all 7)
deLessups, Ferdinand Zoticus
Birthdate
1965
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Education
University of Bristol
Disambiguation notice
Dugald Steer writes under various names for the Ologies series including Merlin, Emily Sands, Dr. Ernest Drake, and Capt. William Lubber.

Members

Reviews

 
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ParenthesisEnjoyer | 24 other reviews | Dec 11, 2023 |
most of this book is orientalist, or just made up colonial garbage. It is very pretty though.
 
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Statistics

Works
185
Members
12,919
Popularity
#1,810
Rating
4.0
Reviews
127
ISBNs
516
Languages
23
Favorited
3

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