JF Derry used to be a conservation ecologist mainly working in British and African universities while publishing numerous articles, but has also written non-academic works of non-fiction, including books about Charles Darwin and evolution called Darwin in Scotland and Serial Killers, as well as an ever-increasing number of short stories and poems. He has also written for newspapers, governments, and various music labels and publishers. He lives in Edinburgh, with his partner and their two daughters.

Drawing on the Daily Mirror's outstanding photographic archive and Haynes publishing's wealth of experience, "Loch Ness Monster and Other Unexplained Mysteries" delves into the historical depths to trace our fascination with the unknown. Newspaper articles that document the 80 years since the first modern-day sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. Iconic photographs of all the major sightings. Discover Nessie's extended family, a brother, a sister, a son? And what kind of creature is Bownessie, The Beast of Bowness? Follow the hunt in the footsteps of the Himalayan Yeti and North American Bigfoot, not forgetting Britain's own mysterious wildlife, the big cats that slink from the shadows, such as The Beasts of Bodmin and Stroud. And what of more ethereal entities? Ghosts, banshees and poltergeists caught between one world and the next, or visitors from other worlds, aliens and their UFOs. Here is a wealth of articles and pictures from sightings, visitations, apparitions and alien abductions, collected together in this otherworldly monster of a book, "Loch Ness Monster and Other Unexplained Mysteries".