Richard Sugg specialises in marginal, forgotten or tabooed histories, as showcased in his previous writing on a variety of supernatural and unusual themes. He is the author of ten books, including Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires(3rd edition 2019), A Century of Ghost Stories(2017), A Singing Mouse at Buckingham Palace (2017), and Fairies: A Dangerous History (2018). He is currently completing Talking Dirty: The History of Disgust.