Villainology: Fabulous Lives of the Big, the Bad, and the Wicked

(Paperback)

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Villainology is a veritable whos who of characters from the underworld. Be they fictitious or all-too-genuine baddies, they are bound together by their infamous deeds. Author Arthur Slade takes a lighthearted view, nonetheless, and provides personal stats, their likes and dislikes, their high-school memories and an amazing array of cool facts along with up close and personal interviews. Readers will not only come away amused, they will come away with an enlarged store of general knowledge. Among the fourteen notable villains included are: The Wicked Witch of the West, Attila the Hun, The Wolf, Billy the Kid, The Headless Horseman, Morgan le Fay, Quin Hui, The Invisible Man, Scarface Capone, and a lineup of Shakespeares most memorable villains. Never-before-seen portraits of each by artist Derek Mah, make for a deliciously delectable rogues gallery.

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Praise for Monsterology:

a funny, fascinating look inside the lives of fifteen creepy characters Each six-page entry features a terrific black-and-white illustration
School Library Journal

Derek Mahs black-and-white illustrations are very good at doing ghoul. Within this structure, Slade lets fly with vernacular so hip that it might hurt were it not so appropriate for his intended audience Knowledge of monsters is every childs birthright, and Slade does his part here by packing a considerable amount of information into each of his sketches.
The Globe and Mail

[T]he book to buy for kids who wonder where a blood-sucking fiend comes from or how badly
a Sasquatch smells.
Editors pick, Canadian Living

Author Bio

Arthur Slade was raised in the Cypress Hills of southwest Saskatchewan and began writing at an early age. He received an English honors degree from the University of Saskatchewan, spent several years in advertising and is now a full-time fiction writer. He is the author of the Northern Frights series, the Canadian Chills series, Dust, which won the 2001 Governor Generals Award for Childrens Literature, and Tribes. Monsterology was his first creepy collection, and this is his second. His most recent novel is Megiddos Shadow. He lives in Saskatoon with his wife, Brenda, and daughter, Tori.

Derek Mah draws and paints in Calgary, Alberta, in the company of his wife Cari, two cats, and a pair of guinea pigs. He has spent the past twenty years trying to convince anyone who will listen that it is a real job, too.