Mick O'Hare
Mick O'Hare (born 1964 in Mirfield, England) is a British editor and writer. Life. O'Hare is an editor at New Scientist, the leading British science weekly, where, among other things, he edits "The Last Word" column, a collection of quirky questions and answers. O'Hare edited the bestselling books "Does Anything Eat Wasps?", which had sales of over half a million (539,532) and "Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze?", which topped three-quarters of a million (849,976) copies. (The series' most recent title, "How Long is Now?" which, for unknown reasons, was not edited by O'Hare, was considerably less  successful, selling only 22,797 copies.) O'Hare's books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Prior to joining New Scientist in 1992, he was the production editor for Autosport. He continues to occasionally works as a rugby league writer and also to edit sports books. He has a geology degree.