Lit­er­ary inter­preter of sci­ence and nature Dr. Diane Ack­er­man is wide­ly cel­e­brat­ed for her unique insight into the nat­ur­al world and our place in it. She is the author of 24 works of award-win­ning non­fic­tion and poet­ry, includ­ing the inter­na­tion­al best­sellers, The Zookeep­er’s Wife and A Nat­ur­al His­to­ry of the Sens­es. Her most recent work, One Hun­dred Names for Love, was a Pulitzer finalist.