Caspar Henderson is the author of three acclaimed works of non-fiction, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary; A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels; and, most recently, A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous, which was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize in Science & Technology, 2023.
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings won The Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award and a Roger Deakin Award and was shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books in 2013.
Caspar writes for publications including the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Spectator, Granta and Nature.