John Whitfield

JOHN WHITFIELD is a science writer with a PhD in zoology from the University of Cambridge and the author of three books. His recent books include Lost Animals: The Story of Extinct, Endangered and Rediscovered Species, People Will Talk: The Surprising Science of Reputation and In the Beat of a Heart: Life, Energy and the Unity of Nature.

Whitfield was formerly an editor at the journal Nature and now serves as comment/opinion editor at Research Professional News. His writing has appeared in Science, Scientific American, New Scientist, Slate, the Financial Times and the London Review of Books.

John lives in London, UK.

John Whitfield’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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