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Dr. Bob Curran was born and raised in County Down in Northern Ireland. He left school at the age of 14 and took up a variety of different occupations including the job of a gravedigger, a lorry driver, a professional musician, a journalist, and a scripter of comics. He is well traveled, and settled down to work in a Civil Service position. Dr. Bob Curran later continued his education and received degrees in educational psychology, history, and education. He is presently a consultant to a variety of cultural bodies within the Province, and he manages cross-border matters with the Irish Republic while working for the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. He has authored a total of 38 books mainly on the subjects of culture and history. His works have been published in Italian, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, German, Latvian, and Urdu. He presently resides in the North Derry Coast of Northern Ireland with his wife and family. Tonight, Dr. Curran will discuss his latest work: Werewolves: A Field Guide to Shapeshifters, Lycanthropes, and Man-Beasts.