Bradford Matsen





Bradford Matsen

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Brad Matsen has been writing about wonders of the sea for forty years. He is the author of Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King; Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2006; the New York Times bestseller Titanic's Last Secrets; Planet Ocean: A Story of Life in the Sea; and Dancing to the Fossil Record with artist Ray Troll; the award-winning Incredible Ocean Adventure series for children; and many other books.

He was creative producer for the Shape of Life, an eight-hour National Geographic television series on evolutionary biology, and has written on marine science and the environment for Mother Jones, Audubon, Natural History, and many other magazines.


Average rating: 3.74 · 618 ratings · 125 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors
Titanic's Last Secrets: The...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions
Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
Descent: The Heroic Discove...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
Planet Ocean: A Story of Li...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
Ray Troll's Shocking Fish T...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
Fishing Up North: Stories o...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
Go Wild in New York City
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005
The Incredible Search for t...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003
The Incredible Quest to Fin...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003
The Incredible Record-Setti...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003
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