A Field Guide to Monsters profiles more than twenty-five previously undocumented monsters, stretching your imagination to new limits with impressive research, colorful observations and eye-popping ink-and-digital artwork that reveal a madness unsurpassed.In the delightfully gruesome collection, Johan Olander guides you through the world between reality and fantasy, where the creatures of your worst nightmares appear – even in your sock drawer! The essential field guide presents important findings about monster habitats, life cycles, and how to avoid the most dangerous creatures. It features historical evidence of monster sightings (from claw prints to cave carvings) and chilling accounts of monster encounters.Johan Olander is a firm believer in monsters and will trust any report of monster sightings until proven false. He decided to write this book after his daughter was born, with the budding hope that she too might someday take part in the field of monstrology. When not out chasing monsters, Olander also works as a freelance writer and illustrator. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter. For more information about the book as well as upcoming monstrology readings and lectures: www.monstrology.comIllustration by Johan Olander