Vernon Coleman

Vernon Coleman (born 1946) is a former general practitioner, and the author of over 100 books, including non-fiction works about human health, politics, cricket, and animal issues, and a range of novels. Son of an electrical engineer, he grew up an only child, in Walsall, West Midlands, England, where he attended Queen Mary's Grammar School. He is a committed vegetarian.

Vernon Coleman's books have sold over two million copies in the UK, and have been translated into 24 languages. His books have been published in the UK by Arrow, Pan, Penguin, Corgi, Thames and Hudson, Sidgwick and Jackson, Macmillan and many other publishing houses. His books have been translated into 24 languages and English versions sell in America, Australia, Canada and South Africa as well as the UK. Several have appeared on official bestseller lists both in the UK and abroad. He now self-publishes his books in the UK and sells rights to foreign publishers, large print publishers, audio publishers and film companies. One of his novels, Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War, has been turned into a movie.

Coleman is an outspoken critic of medical malpractice, the power of pharmaceutical companies, vaccination, conventional cancer treatment, animal testing and the European Union.