'A salutary and eye-opening take on the world of the shark. A creature that predates the dinosaurs, its species present in every ocean and sea, deserves such a wide-ranging book' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan, winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 'A dream come true ... The natural history is pretty amazing' The London Review of Books 'Juliet Eilperin has followed the story of sharks, and their uneasy relationship to man, across the globe; her intriguing, even-handed account is an eye-opener' The Daily Telegraph

Juliet Eilperin is the environmental correspondent for The Washington Post where she writes about science, policy and politics on subjects ranging from climate change to oceans. She lives with her family in Washington, D.C.