Nicholas Jubber is an award-winning travel writer - but you're not likely to find him lying on a beach sipping a piña colada.
His far-ranging adventures have taken him across the globe, from living among nomads in the Sahara to uncovering the legacy of pre-Islamic Persian culture in Iran and Afghanistan.
In his sixth book, Monsterland, Nicholas ventures into a world that can't be seen - but is no less real than the sights and sounds from his previous journeys.
This time, it's all about giants, ogres, vampires, and shapeshifters.
Nicholas talks to Emile Donovan about why we need these monsters and what they can tell us about ourselves.
In Monsterland, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on a journey to discover more about the monsters we’ve invented, lurking in the dark and the wild places of the earth — giants, dragons, ogres, zombies, ghosts, demons — all with one thing in common: their ability to terrify. Photo: SUPPLIED/Nick Jubber
