The mythic creature expert and author of Phoenix takes readers through a bestiary of sea monsters featured on the famous 16th century map Carta Marina. In the s

For centuries, sailors have told tales of sea monsters and serpents that have attacked their ships. Are there such monstrous creatures that live in the deepest

Explores the myth, legend, scientific documentation, and fiction inspired by sea monsters.

Winner of the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, this intoxicating story of a teenage girl who trades her a middle–class upbringing for a quest for meaning

Beaches are places that give and take, bringing unexpected surprises to society, and pulling essentials away from it. Through monsters, we confront our tiny tim