Dr. Elizabeth Bernays is a biologist turned writer. After growing up in Australia, she received her Ph.D. at the University of London, England, and had a career as an academic entomologist (most recently as a professor in UC Berkeley and then University of Arizona) before obtaining an MFA at the University of Arizona where she is currently a Regents' Professor Emerita. Bernays has published over two hundred scientific papers and books and several popular biology articles, as well as children's books. She has published poems and essays in a variety of literary journals.

• 1. Insect Herbivore Population Dynamics on Trees and Shrubs: New Approaches Relevant to Latent and Eruptive Species and Life Table Development  2. The The Role of Experience in Host Plant Choice by Phytophagous Insects 3. Phenolglucosides and Interactions at Three Trophic Levels : Salicaceae-Herbivores-Predators  4. Learning and Flower Use in Butterflies: Hypotheses from Honey Bees  5. The Mechanisms of Nutritional Compensation by Phytophagous Insects  6. Mother Doesn't Know Best: Selection of Hosts by OviPositing Insects