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Rick Yancey

Biography

Rick Yancey

Rick Yancey is the author of THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST. He has also written the award-winning series Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, as well as several novels for adults including The Highly Effective Detective and A Burning in Homeland. His memoir, CONFESSIONS OF A TAX COLLECTOR, was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the five best books on taxes ever written. He earned a BA in English from Roosevelt University in Chicago, and worked as a field officer for the Internal Revenue Service before turning to writing full time in 2004. Rick lives in Florida with his wife Sandy and two sons.

Books by Rick Yancey

by Rick Yancey

As apprentice to famous monstrumologist Dr. Warthrop, young Will Henry has survived deadly encounters with the most dangerous monsters known to man. The creature on the fabled Isle of Blood, however, is so notorious that there have never been any eyewitness survivors. That’s not enough, though, to stop Dr. Warthrop from trying.