Author Description

Gardner Soule is a diligent researcher who has fascinated millions of readers with his newspaper and magazine features on unusual and mythological creatures. A former magazine editor, he now devotes most of his time and energy to culling from museums, explorers, folklorists, anthropologists, and cyrptozoologists all of the factual information gathered, thus far, on the vast number of creatures that stir mankind's curiosity and credulity. A resident of New York City, Mr. Soule is the author of several books, including "The Maybe Monsters," "The Mystery Monsters," "UFOs and IFOs: A Factual Report on Flying Saucers," "New Discoveries in Oceanography," "Undersea Frontiers: Exploring With Deep Sea Submarines," "Surprising Facts About Our World and Beyond," "Mystery Creatures of the Jungle," "Tomorrow’s World of Science," "Strange Things Animals Do: How Scientists Probe Their Secrets," and "The Big Link." In "Trail of the Abominable Snowman: Pioneering Cryptozoologists Search For Yeti, Bigfoot, and Sasquatch,” Soule looks at the early researchers who courageously ventured forth to try and discover the creatures' hidden lairs: Edmund Hillary, Marlin Perkins, Eric Shipton, John A. Keel, Tom Slick, Dr. Michael Ward, Sen Tensing, W.H. Murray, T.D. Bourdillon, William Knight, Norman G. Dyhrenfurth, Paul Du Chaillu, Bernard Heuvelmans, G.N. Dutt, George Lowe, Gerald Russell, Woodrow Sayre, J.B. Fraser, Lawrence Waddell, Paul Sherap, Henry Elwes, Charles Howard-Bury, C.G. Bruce, Ron Kaulback, and many others.