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PHILIP WILKINSON, CONSULTANT

Philip Wilkinson has written more than 50 books on history,

religions, the arts, and mythology. His titles include Mythology

and Religions in Dorling Kindersley’s Eyewitness Companions

series, Myths and Legends, and A Celebration of Customs and

Rituals of the World, which was endorsed and adopted by the

United Nations.

GEORGIE CARROLL

Georgie Carroll is a PhD candidate at SOAS University of London

working on eco-aesthetics in Indian literature. She is author of

Mouse (Animal) (2015), and a fiction writer.

DR. MARK FAULKNER

Dr. Mark Faulkner lived and worked in Africa for 17 years before

returning to academia and gaining his PhD, which focused on the

Boni hunter-gatherer community. He now lectures in Religions of

Africa at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University

of London.

DR. JACOB F. FIELD

Dr. Jacob F. Field is a historian who is currently a research associate at

the University of Cambridge. His academic work focuses on the Great

Fire of London and British social and economic history. He has also

written five books for a popular audience.

DR. JOHN HAYWOOD

Dr. John Haywood studied medieval history at the universities of

Lancaster, Cambridge, and Copenhagen. He is the author of over

20 books, including Viking: the Norse Warrior’s Unofficial Manual

(2013) and Northmen: the Viking Saga 793-1241 (2015).

MICHAEL KERRIGAN

Michael Kerrigan contributed to the Chambers Dictionary of

Beliefs and Religion (1993) and The Times World Religions (2002).

His books include BBC Ancient Civilizations: Greece (20 01) and

Ancient Rome (2002); The Ancients in their Own Words (2009);

and Celtic Legends (2016).

NEIL PHILIP

Neil Philip is the author of numerous books on folklore and

mythology, including Mythology of the World; The Great Mystery:

Myths of Native America; and Dorling Kindersley’s Eyewitness

Companions: Mythology.

DR. NICHOLAUS PUMPHREY

Dr. Nicholaus Pumphrey is the Assistant Professor of Religious

Studies and Curator of the Quayle Bible Collection at Baker

University in Baldwin City, Kansas. He specializes in Biblical

Studies, Ancient Near Eastern History and Literature, and Islamic

Studies. Currently, he is a senior staff member on the Tel Akko

Total Archaeology project in Akko, Israel.

JULIETTE TOCINO-SMITH

Juliette Tocino-Smith is a postgraduate student at University

College, London. During her undergraduate studies, she spent a

semester in South Korea, where she became fascinated by the way

in which fiction and mythology had come together in shaping

contemporary Korean society.

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