Dougal Dixon has been a full-time writer and editor since 1980 and has more than forty books and encyclopedias to his credit. He is widely recognized for his novel perspectives of the fundamental concepts of evolution.

When not tracking dinosaurs, Mr. Dixon can be found at the movies and is a amateur filmmaker with a particular penchant for animated subjects. He spent most of his youth in the Scottish borderlands around Drumfries, where he was born in 1947. He earned his bachelor and Master of Science degrees in geology from the University of St. Andrews in Fife and now resides in Wareham, England, with his wife, Jean, and their two children, Gavin and Lindsay.