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Richard Walker

Dr. Richard Walker has written and contributed to more than 100 books about science and natural history. His DK Guide to the Human Body won the 2002 Royal Society Young People’s Science Books Prize, and The Way We Work, coauthored with illustrator David Macaulay, won a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 2009.
The Green Grocer
The Human Body Book
Eyewitness Human Body

Books

The Green Grocer
The Human Body Book
Eyewitness Human Body

Three Penguin Random House Authors Win Pulitzer Prizes

On Monday, May 5, three Penguin Random House authors were honored with a Pulitzer Prize. Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes are the most prestigious awards in American letters. To date, PRH has 143 Pulitzer Prize winners, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Josh Steinbeck, Ron Chernow, Anne Applebaum, Colson Whitehead, and many more. Take a look at our 2025 Pulitzer Prize

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Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual + (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live

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