Horner, John R(obert)

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HORNER, John R(obert)

HORNER, John R(obert). American, b. 1946. Genres: Adult non-fiction, Children's non-fiction. Career: Managed sand-and-gravel business in Shelby, MT, 1973-75; Princeton University Museum of Natural History, Princeton, NJ, preparator, 1975-; Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, adjunct professor of paleontology and curator of paleontology at Museum of the Rockies, 1982-; writer. Publications: (with J. Gorman) Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up (children's book), c. 1985; (with Gorman) Digging Dinosaurs, 1988 as Digging Dinosaurs: The Search That Unraveled the Mystery of Baby Dinosaurs, 1990; Cranial Morphology of Prosaurolophus (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae): With Descriptions of Two New Hadrosaurid Species and an Evolution of Hadrosaurid Phyolgenetic Relationships, c. 1992; (with D. Lessem) Digging Up Tyrannosaurus Rex (children's book), 1992; (with Lessem) The Complete T. Rex: How Stunning New Discoveries Are Changing Our Understanding of the World's Most Famous Dinosaur, 1993; (ed., with K. Carpenter and K.F. Hirsch) Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, 1994; (with E. Dobb) Dinosaur Lives: Unearthing an Evolutionary Saga, 1997. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Department of Geology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, U.S.A.