NAME: Nigel Cawthorne
ADDRESS: Upon request via e-mail
EMAIL: nigelcawthorne@compuserve.com
PHONE/FAX: 44 (0) 20 7831 4759

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

I have been a writer and editor for 31 years, freelance for the last 27. I have written, contributed to and edited more than sixty books on subjects as diverse as skiing, computing, finance, fashion, sex, war, politics, art, music, engineering, science, history, crime and American football. My work has also appeared in over a hundred and fifty newspapers, magazines and partworks on both sides of the Atlantic – from the Sun to the Financial Times, from Flatbush Life to The New York Trib, from Gardeners’ Chronicle to The Falklands War.

BOOKS

As author – The Empress of South America, A Life as History, Turning the Tide, Fighting Them on the Beaches, The Bamboo Cage, The Iron Cage, Takin’ Back My Name – the Confessions of Ike Turner, Sex Lives of the Popes, Sex Lives of the US Presidents, Sex Lives of the Great Dictators, Sex Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, Sex Lives of the Hollywood Goddesses, Sex Lives of the Hollywood Idols, Sex Lives of the Great Artists, Sex Lives of the Great Composers, Sex Lives of the Hollywood Goddesses 2, Sex Lives of the Famous Gays, Sex Lives of the Famous Lesbians, Sex Lives of the Roman Emperors, The Secrets of Love, The New Look – The Dior Revolution, The Art of Japanese Prints, The Art of India, The Art of Native North America, The Art of the Aztecs, The Art of Icons, The Art of Frescoes, Great Record Labels, Spree Killers, The Sixties Source Book, The Winning System, How to Assess Mortgages and Loans, Twenty-One Years of World Cup Skiing, How to Build an Airliner, Run a Successful Video Production Company, The Loving Touch (edited from my own contributions to the partwork Face to Face), The Channel Tunnel Fact File, Sex Killers, The Presidency, Satanic Murder, Images of the Cat, World’s Greatest Royal Scandals, World’s Greatest Political Scandals, World’s Greatest Cults, World’s Greatest Alien Abductions, World’s Worst Atrocities, World’s Greatest Serial Killers, 911 Exposed, Steps, Another Level, 5ive, B*Witched, Magical Mythery Tour, The History of the SS Cricket Team, The Alien Who Thought He Was Elvis, The World’s Greatest UFO and Alien Encounters, Vietnam: A War Lost and Won, Steel Fist, A History of Pirates, Witch Hunt, Million Dollar Trivia, 100 Great Military Commanders, 100 Great Disasters, Alexander the Great, 100 Tyrants and Despots, Doomsday – 50 Ways the World Will End, The Making of The Who’s Tommy, The Making of the Stone Roses, Killers – the Most Barbaric Murderers of Our Time, Strange Laws of Old England, Curious Cures of Old England, Amorous Antics of Old England, The Daughter of Heaven, Reaping the Whirlwind – Voices of the Enemy from World War II, Mammoth Book of Killers at Large, Victoria Cross Winners Since 1945
Work in progress – On the Front Line – Daring Stories of Incredible Bravery of Our Boys in Iraq and Afghanistan, The People’s Republic of China – Dawn of a New Era
As contributor – The Falklands War, Nam, Eyewitness Nam, The Jewellery Source Book, American Football, Tomorrow’s Technology, The World Reference Encyclopædia, How It Works, The Universe Explained, Where They Came From, Killers, Chronicle of 1995, The Encyclopedia of World Terrorism, The Complete Family Guide to Love and Sex, The Traditions of Italy, The Traditions of London, Key Moments in Fashion, America in the Sixties, Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution, The Encyclopaedia of Conspiracy Theories, A Complete History of the Mafia
As editor or copy editor – The History of Aviation, The History of Technology, The History of Ordnance, American Football, Tomorrow’s Technology, Simple Graphics on the BBC, Write a Computer Sound Program, Write a Haunted House Program, Understanding the 68000, An Introduction to MS-DOS, French Cookery Masterclass, Ken Lo’s Chinese Cookery, African House Plants, Ritzy Knits, The Print Production Handbook, Editing for Print, The Design Sourcebook, How to Draw and Sell Cartoons, Decorating with Ribbons, The Children’s Body Atlas, Readers’ Digest Dictionary of Essential Knowledge, Atlas of the Universe, King George’s Soldiers, Encarta, The Keys to the Temple, Mysteries, The A-Z of North American History, The Vaccination Bible, Sniper, The Samurai Sword, A New Illustrated History of the Nazis, A New Illustrated History of World War II

JOURNALISM

Newspapers – The New York Trib, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Sun, the News of the World, the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Scotsman, the Observer, Flatbush Life, Electrical & Electronic Trader, Hampstead Advertiser, Hendon Advertiser, Edgware Advertiser, Enfield Advertiser, Haringey Advertiser, Finchley Advertiser, Roosevelt Island News, The Westender, US Veteran News and Report, Barnet Press, Barnet Advertiser
Magazines – Hi-Fi Weekly, What Hi-Fi?, Popular Hi-Fi, the D- Day Times (wrap-around), The Review, Camera Weekly, SLR Camera, What Camera?, Which Camera?, Popular Hi-Fi, Popular Hi-Fi, New Hi-Fi Sound, Hi-Fi Answers, Television, Newsagent, Wine & Spirit, Gardeners’ Chronicle, What Car?, Holidays & Holiday Homes, Holiday Haunts, Holidays in Britain, Home Improvements, Real Time News, Which Video?, Video World, What Micro?, Micro Decision, Readers’ Digest, British Airports World, Mobil News, Mobil Retail News, Nature, Total Times, Total Topics, New Health, Travel World 1985, Audio 83, Audio 84, The ISTC Banner, UK Press Gazette, Magazine Week, Music Week, Studio Week, The Grower, Acorn User, School Computer User, Expressions, US Soldier, Intercity, Hair Flair, Airport, Process Engineering, What’s New in Processing, Packaging Today, Converting Today, Packaging Today Yearbook, Converting Today Yearbook, Electronics Today Yearbook, Leisure News, Retail Jeweller, Baby Magazine, Hi-Fi Annual, Nuclear Forum, Variety, What Diet?, Slim, Black Beauty and Hair, Root, Staunch, West Indian World, West Indian Digest, Club International, World Business Weekly, Science & Mechanics, New Car Yearbook, New Car Guide, Carpentry, The Furniture Maker, Beaver, Woodworker, Disc & That, Stereo Review, Income Opportunities, Video, Electronic Games, Private Eye, Midweek, Fresh, Fast Car, Mortgage Finance Gazette, International Investor, ABTA Magazine, Leisure Management, Amusements Management, Automotive News Europe, Mixmag, Middle East Economic Digest, Police Review, Notorious, What Doctors Don’t Tell You, More, Investors Chronicle, Law Society Gazette, Business Traveller, Baptist Times
Partworks – The Photo, Fix It, The Knack, New Man and Woman, The Falklands War, Input, Face to Face, Science Now, Do It Right, Space Frontiers, How It Works, American Football, Using Your PC, Country Companion, The Encyclopædia of Animals, The Elite, The Movie, One to One, Nam, Eyewitness Nam, Masters of Art, Joy of Knowledge, Wildlife, Masters of Music, Quest, Quest’s Space Special, Quest’s Magic Special, Zodiac, Murder Casebook, Scandal, That’s Jazz, Tree of Knowledge, Out and About, Insight, We The People, Science in Action, Lovers’ Guide, Wildlife Fact File, Facts of Love, Gambling, 20th Century Action Adventure, The X Factor, Space Explorer, Countries of the World
Websites – The Battle of Hastings, Pearl Harbor
TV AND RADIO APPEARANCES
UK – BBC TV News, ITN News, Channel Four News, Sky News, the Big Story, TV-am, Granada TV, Radio Four’s Today programme, Checkpoint, Midweek, BBC World Service’s Outlook, Radio Two’s John Dunn Show, Radio Five, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio West Midlands, GLR, London Talk Radio, LBC’s Nightline, The Michael Parkinson Show, Plymouth Sound, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Norfolk, British Forces Broadcasting, Wire TV, RTE, Viva Radio, BBC 24, IRN, Radio Scotland, Thames FM, Rapido TV, The Vanessa Show, Royalty Unzipped, Politics Unzipped, The Sexual Century, Top Ten Duos, Divas, The Terrible Tastes of Terrible Dictators, The Hundred Greatest Actresses, The Hundred Greatest Sex Symbols, Good Morning, Channel Four News. US – Channel Seven TV, Fox Five, CBS News, Christian Science Monitor TV, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, National Public Radio, The Joan Rivers Show, CBC, HBO and coast-to-coast radio promoting Sex Lives of the US Presidents. Also ABC Australia and TV in Holland, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland, and Dutch Far East Radio

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS