Lucy Cooke is a fellow of Durham University, a National Geographic explorer, TED talker and award-winning broadcaster with a Masters in zoology from New College Oxford, where she studied under Richard Dawkins.Her first book A Little Book of Sloth was a New York Times bestseller and spawned a major TV series for Discovery and a BBC Radio 4 documentary. The Truth About Animals, her first long-form book was shortlisted for the Royal Society prize and has been translated into nineteen languages. Her most recent book, Bitch: What Does it Mean to be Female? was cited as one of the best books of the year by both the Telegraph and the Guardian and was adapted into the BBC Radio 4 series, Political Animals.She is a columnist for BBC Wildlife Magazine and has also written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, The Times, Telegraph and New Scientist amongst other publications. She is a sought-after public speaker and has written, produced, and presented documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, Animal Planet and Discovery. She has presented on the BBC’s ‘Springwatch’ and is a regular on BBC Radio 4.

Praise for Lucy Cooke's previous book, Bitch'From the heir to Attenborough. 5*' - Telegraph'Brilliant ... Cooke is a superb science writer' TLS'Bitch is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment' Observer'A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology' Guardian'Colourful, committed and deeply informed.' Sunday Times'Gloriously original' Daily Mirror A 'sparkling attack on scientific sexism' Nature

Lucy Cooke is a fellow of Durham University, a National Geographic explorer, TED talker and award-winning broadcaster with a Masters in zoology from New College Oxford, where she studied under Richard Dawkins.Her first book A Little Book of Sloth was a New York Times bestseller and spawned a major TV series for Discovery and a BBC Radio 4 documentary. The Truth About Animals, her first long-form book was shortlisted for the Royal Society prize and has been translated into nineteen languages. Her most recent book, Bitch: What Does it Mean to be Female? was cited as one of the best books of the year by both the Telegraph and the Guardian and was adapted into the BBC Radio 4 series, Political Animals.She is a columnist for BBC Wildlife Magazine and has also written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, The Times, Telegraph and New Scientist amongst other publications. She is a sought-after public speaker and has written, produced, and presented documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, Animal Planet and Discovery. She has presented on the BBC’s ‘Springwatch’ and is a regular on BBC Radio 4.

Praise for Lucy Cooke's previous book, Bitch'From the heir to Attenborough. 5*' - Telegraph'Brilliant ... Cooke is a superb science writer' TLS'Bitch is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment' Observer'A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology' Guardian'Colourful, committed and deeply informed.' Sunday Times'Gloriously original' Daily Mirror A 'sparkling attack on scientific sexism' Nature

Lucy Cooke is a fellow of Durham University, a National Geographic explorer, TED talker and award-winning broadcaster with a Masters in zoology from New College Oxford, where she studied under Richard Dawkins.Her first book A Little Book of Sloth was a New York Times bestseller and spawned a major TV series for Discovery and a BBC Radio 4 documentary. The Truth About Animals, her first long-form book was shortlisted for the Royal Society prize and has been translated into nineteen languages. Her most recent book, Bitch: What Does it Mean to be Female? was cited as one of the best books of the year by both the Telegraph and the Guardian and was adapted into the BBC Radio 4 series, Political Animals.She is a columnist for BBC Wildlife Magazine and has also written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, The Times, Telegraph and New Scientist amongst other publications. She is a sought-after public speaker and has written, produced, and presented documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, Animal Planet and Discovery. She has presented on the BBC’s ‘Springwatch’ and is a regular on BBC Radio 4.

Praise for Lucy Cooke's previous book, Bitch'From the heir to Attenborough. 5*' - Telegraph'Brilliant ... Cooke is a superb science writer' TLS'Bitch is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment' Observer'A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology' Guardian'Colourful, committed and deeply informed.' Sunday Times'Gloriously original' Daily Mirror A 'sparkling attack on scientific sexism' Nature