BLAISE, Jan. 1994 (Platt, Richard, 1953- ; b. Apr. 13, Richard John Charles; see also x-ref. from Juan-Carlos, Ricardo, 1953- for work, Photographing the male)
Discovering Egyptians, 2004 t.p. (Richard Platt) BL AL sent 28 Sept. 2005
Contemporary Authors Online, viewed Oct. 11, 2005 (Richard Platt (born April 15, 1953) is the author of books for young readers and writes for multimedia projects; works include collaborations with Stephen Biesty on the Cross-Sections and Incredible series; began career as a photographer, then began writing "how to" books for photographers, then began writing for children; list of works)
Richard Platt, via WWW, Feb. 26, 2013 (British author, writing mostly informational books for children, and photographer; born in Northumberland)