David Alderton
Encyclopedia
David Alderton is an English writer specialising in pets
and natural history
topics. Growing up in a home surrounded by pets, he originally trained to become a veterinary surgeon. An allergic dermatitis acquired in his final year of study forced a change of career however, and so led him into the field of writing about pets and their care. He has since become a regular contributor of articles on this subject to a wide range of newspapers and magazines in the UK and abroad, and also participates frequently in radio and television programmes. As of 2010 his books have sold over five million copies, and have been translated into 30 different languages. Alderton’s titles have won awards in the USA from the Cat Writers' Association of America and the Maxwell Medallion from the Dog Writers’ Association of America, as well as being nominated for the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Book Prize. He has also chaired the National Council for Aviculture, the umbrella organisation for bird-keeping clubs and associations in the UK.
PETS
PETS may be an acronym for:* Pet Travel Scheme, which allows animals to travel internationally without quarantine* Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act...
and natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
topics. Growing up in a home surrounded by pets, he originally trained to become a veterinary surgeon. An allergic dermatitis acquired in his final year of study forced a change of career however, and so led him into the field of writing about pets and their care. He has since become a regular contributor of articles on this subject to a wide range of newspapers and magazines in the UK and abroad, and also participates frequently in radio and television programmes. As of 2010 his books have sold over five million copies, and have been translated into 30 different languages. Alderton’s titles have won awards in the USA from the Cat Writers' Association of America and the Maxwell Medallion from the Dog Writers’ Association of America, as well as being nominated for the Sir Peter Kent Conservation Book Prize. He has also chaired the National Council for Aviculture, the umbrella organisation for bird-keeping clubs and associations in the UK.
Selected bibliography
- Animals, published by Amber Books LTD, 2009
- Encyclopedia of Aquarium and Pond Fish, published by Dorling KindersleyDorling KindersleyDorling Kindersley is an international publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 51 languages. It is currently part of the Penguin Group....
, 2008 - Your Dog Interpreter, published by Readers Digest, 2007
- Firefly Encyclopedia of the Vivarium, published by Firefly Books, 2007
- Chinchillas (Animal Planet Pet Care Library), published by TFH PublicationsTFH PublicationsTFH Publications is an American book publisher based in New Jersey, USA. It specialises in books about pets. In 1997 the owner, Herbert R. Axelrod sold the company to Central Garden & Pet Company of California for $70 million....
, 2007 - Young at Heart (Caring for the Older Dog), published by Readers Digest, 2007
- Your Cat Interpreter, published by Readers Digest, 2006
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of the World (with illustrator Peter Barrett), published by Southwater, 2004
- Horses (DK Pockets), published by Dorling Kindersley, 2003
- Smithsonian Handbook : Dogs, published by Dorling Kindersley, 2002
- Smithsonian Handbook : Cats, published by Dorling Kindersley, 2002
- Hamster (Collins Family Pet Guides), published by CollinsHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, 2002 - Budgerigar (Collins Family Pet Guides), published by Collins, 2002
- The Small Animals Question and Answer Manual, published by Barron’s Educational, 2001
- Hounds of the World (with photographer Bruce Tanner), published by Swan Hill Press, 2000
- Rodents of the World (with photographer Bruce Tanner), published by Cassell, 1999
- Foxes, Wolves & Wild Dogs of the World (with photographer Bruce Tanner), published by Cassell, 1998