Jennifer Ackerman

Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about science and nature for more than three decades. Her previous book, What An Owl Knows, was an instant New York Times bestseller and named a best book of 2023 by The Economist, The New York Times, and NPR's Science Friday. The Bird Way was a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Her New York Times bestselling book The Genius of Birds has been translated into thirty languages and was named one of the best nonfiction books of 2016 by The Wall Street Journal. Her other books include Birds by the Shore, Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream, and Chance in the House of Fate. Ackerman's articles and essays have appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and many other publications. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Bunting Institute.