Richard Rickitt

Richard Rickitt is a multi-award-winning author and co-editor of BeeCraft, the UK national beekeeping magazine. He first learned beekeeping at secondary school, over forty years ago. Following a career in film and television special effects he now spends most of his time researching, thinking, speaking, and writing about all aspects of bees and beekeeping and particularly enjoys gardening for bees of all kinds. His book 'Beekeeping for Gardeners' (Bloomsbury) won the 2024 Green Living Books Award and was a finalist for the Garden Media Guild Practical Book of the Year Award. He lives near Bath, UK.

Previous books include:

'Special Effects: The History and Technique' (Winner of the Kraszna-Krautz International Book Award)

'Designing Movie Creatures and Characters: Behind the scenes with the movie masters'