Richard Fortey retired from his position as senior palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in 2006. He is the author of several books, including 'Fossils: A Key to the Past', 'The Hidden Landscape' which won The Natural World Book of the Year in 1993, 'Life: An Unauthorised Biography', 'Trilobite!' and 'The Earth: An Intimate History'. He has been elected to be President of the Geological Society of London for its bicentennial year of 2007, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
What is the most recent Richard A. Fortey release?
Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind, released September 2025.
How many Richard A. Fortey books does LoveReading have?
8, listed above with the newest first.
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