Karl Shaw
Author of 'Curing Hiccups With Small Fires, a delightful miscellany of Great British Eccentrics' (Boxtree 2009). His books 'Royal Babylon: An Irreverent History of European Royalty' and 'Five People Who Died During Sex and 100 other tasteless lists' have been New York Times and LA Times bestsellers. His upcoming title 10 Ways To Recycle A Corpse will be published by Random House in time for Halloween.