BOOKS BY JONATHAN DOWNES

Jonathan Downes (born Portsmouth, England, in 1959) is a cryptozoologist, author, film-maker, journalist, composer and singer-songwriter, with a background in radical politics and mental health care. He is Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology.His father, the explorer and Colonial Service Officer J. T. Downes (1925–2006), authored several books on wide range of subjects, such as African history, theology and Devonshire dialect. His mother Mary Downes (née Rawlins) (1922–2002) was a broadcaster and author who published several collections of Nigerian folklore under the pen-name `Yar Kunama`.

He is currently the editor of Animals & Men; the journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, the managing editor of The Amateur Naturalist (formerly Exotic Pets) - a magazine published by CFZ Press, the editor of the online magazine blog Cryptozoology: Online, and from January 2003 until August 2007 was the Deputy Editor of Tropical World magazine, a tropical fish magazine published in the UK. He has also edited and contributed to many other publications over the years.

Monster Hunter

The Owlman and Others

Monster of the Mere

Smaller Mystery Carnivores of the West Country

Strength Through Koi

Only Fools and Goatsuckers

The Blackdown Mystery

Island of Paradise