Frédéric Delavier is a world-renowned author, with books published in over 30 languages, and an artist with an exceptional knowledge of human anatomy. He studied morphology and anatomy at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris as well as dissection at the Paris Faculté de Médecine. He also conducted research on comparative anatomy at the Natural History Museum in Paris and made scientific reconstructions in paleontology. His research has been published several times in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Delavier was the vice champion of France in powerlifting in 1990 and for more than 10 years was the editor of Le Monde du Muscle, the editor in chief of PowerMag magazine, and a contributor to many specialized journals and publications around the world, such as Iron Man in the United States and Men's Health in France, Germany, and Italy.