Riley Black

Riley Black (formerly Brian Switek) is an American paleontologist and science writer. She is the author of natural history books such as The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Skeleton Keys and My Beloved Brontosaurus.

Biography
Black studied Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Rutgers University.

Her books include The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Skeleton Keys and My Beloved Brontosaurus. Black was hired as "resident paleontologist" for the 2015 film Jurassic World. She also starred in the 2022 documentaries Alaskan Dinosaurs and Dinosaur Apocalypse.

Black previously wrote under the name Brian Switek. In 2019, she came out publicly as transgender and non-binary and started hormone replacement therapy.