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          For lovers of Alexander McCall Smith, Nicholas Drayson introduces the charming Mr Malik and the East African Ornithological Society in A Guide to the Birds.

        1. For lovers of Alexander McCall Smith, Nicholas Drayson introduces the charming Mr Malik and the East African Ornithological Society in A Guide to the Birds.
        2. He has worked as a journalist in the UK, Kenya and Australia, writing for publications such as the Daily Telegraph and Australian Geographic.
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        4. An eccentric Victorian naturalist obsessed with beetles turns out to have an unlikely role in formulating the theory of evolution.
        5. Author: Drayson, Nicholas.

          6. Drayson, Nicholas 1954-

          PERSONAL: Born 1954, in England; immigrated to Australia, 1982. Education: University of New South Wales, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

          ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, W.

          W. Norton & Co., 500 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10110-0017.

          CAREER: Writer, naturalist, and house painter. Former curator at Australian National Museum, Canberra, Australia.

          WRITINGS:

          Wildlife: Australia's Flora and Fauna Gently Observed, illustrated by Bruce Goold, Collins (Sydney, Australia), 1988.

          Confessing a Murder, W.

          W. Norton (New York, NY), 2002.

          Columnist for Good Weekend and Australian Women's Weekly. Contributor to periodicals, including Australian Geographic.

          SIDELIGHTS: Nicholas Drayson's first book is a naturalist's observation of his adopted home of Australia.

          Drayson was living in Kenya in 1998 and 1999 when he wrote his second, a novel titled Confessing a Murder, which Booklist's Michael Spinella commented "juxtaposes the dark nature of humanity w