Max Factson

Max Factson writes the books people keep next to the toilet and quote at dinner.

His Ultimate Bathroom Book series gathers the strangest true stories from history, science, nature and engineering, from forbidden knowledge and twisted history to deep-sea mysteries, mad science and spectacularly terrible ideas. For families, he also writes easy trivia books that everyone at the table can answer.

Max has one rule: if a fact sounds too good to be true, check it. Every story in his books is traced to published sources, and the popular myths that don't survive the check get debunked instead of repeated.

When he isn't digging through old newspapers, patents and science journals, Max tests his favorite facts on friends, family and anyone standing near him in line. Most of them have learned not to ask follow-up questions.

Look in the back of his books for free bonus extras, and follow Max to hear about new books first.