Ben Crew has a lifelong fascination with monsters and the macabre leading him to engage in many of the same conversations as Jefferson Van Helsing in this book. If he and his character share anything in common, they both knew they needed to write a guidebook to monsters. Watching his father dedicate himself to writing a history of WWII, Ben naturally showed the same reverence for studying vampires and werewolves. After gaining online attention as the author of a Muppets version of The Great Gatsby, he became confident that there was an audience for his work. This is his first book.