Dr. Simon Pollard

Simon Pollard is a successful children's book author, spider expert, and natural history writer. Currently Adjunct Professor of Science Communication at the University of Canterbury, Simon is the author of the award-winning I Am a Spider and I Am an Insect . He is a frequent contributor to Natural History (US), and has written for BBC Wildlife (UK), New Zealand Geographic, and Nature Australia magazines. Simon has worked as an adviser and script writer for many natural history documentaries,...See more

Simon Pollard is a successful children's book author, spider expert, and natural history writer. Currently Adjunct Professor of Science Communication at the University of Canterbury, Simon is the author of the award-winning I Am a Spider and I Am an Insect . He is a frequent contributor to Natural History (US), and has written for BBC Wildlife (UK), New Zealand Geographic, and Nature Australia magazines. Simon has worked as an adviser and script writer for many natural history documentaries, including The Hunt (BBC, 2015) and Planet Earth (BBC, 2006). His book Dear Alison (Penguin, 2009) won the 2010 Children's Choice Award for nonfiction at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards and the 2010 LIANZA Elsie Locke Award, Nonfiction Book of the Year. See less