Scott G. Bruce (editor) is the editor of The Penguin Book of the Undead, The Penguin Book of Hell, and The Penguin Book of Demons,and the author of three books about the abbey of Cluny. He is a professor of medieval history at Fordham University in New York City and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

DRAGONS IN POP CULTURE: They feature heavily in everything from Game of Thrones, to Disney's 2021 animated film Raya and the Last Dragon, to the recent Hobbit films focused on the dragon Smaug, to Amazon's forthcoming Lord of the Rings series, to Minecraft (the highest-selling video game in history), to the massively popular Dungeons & Dragons franchise, to the How to Train Your Dragon books and movie that have spawned TV shows, video games, and an arena spectacular.

DRAGONS SELL! The Dragon Assassin series by Arthur Slade is currently the #1 bestseller on Amazon in YA Fantasy-a massive category with a huge crossover readership.

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SUCCESS OF OTHER HALLOWEEN-THEMED PENGUIN CLASSICS ANTHOLOGIES: The Penguin Book of Hell has sold more than 14,000 copies since 2018, and The Penguin Book of Witches has sold more than 27,000 copies since 2014.

MEDIA-FRIENDLY SERIES: Titles in the "Penguin Book of" series have been featured on NPR and in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and The Washington Post.

EXPERT EDITOR: Scott G. Bruce has been featured by The Huffington Post as an authority on the history of Halloween and brings to The Penguin Book of Dragons a historian's deep knowledge and a lifetime's engagement with fantasy literature.