About the Author

Laurel Braitman is the New York Times bestselling author of Animal Madness. She has a PhD from MIT in the history and anthropology of science and is the Director of the Writing and Storytelling Program at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Wired, and a variety of other publications. She lives between rural Alaska and her family's citrus and avocado ranch in Southern California. She can be reached at LaurelBraitman.com.

Reviews

**PRI "Science Friday" Summer Reading Pick** **People Magazine Summer Reading Roundup Pick** **Discover Magazine Top Read for June** **Grand Prize Winner at the 2014 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival*