Acclaimed author of On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down

James Fell is the author of several books, including two volumes of On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down, which has sold over 100,000 copies. His latest book, Greedy Sexist Religious Bigots: A History of Humanity, will be published by Bantam Books on April 20, 2027. Buy them here.

Fell, who has a master’s degree in history and an MBA from the University of Calgary, authored columns for the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune for a decade. The popularity of these columns saw them republished in major newspapers worldwide. He has also written for NPR, the Guardian, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, and Chatelaine. He has appeared on radio and television hundreds of times and been a guest on countless podcasts. In 2022, James spoke at TEDx in Romania, and has been a featured speaker at several other conferences.

James regularly posts his “sweary history” stories for free on social media, read by millions of people each month. Follow him on Facebook, Substack, and Threads.

His next project is a book about the history of dogs.

Because dogs.

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