Lydia Denworth

Lydia Denworth is a science journalist, author, and contributing editor at Scientific American. A Princeton University graduate, she is a former Newsweek reporter, People London bureau chief, and Fordham University journalism professor. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and Time, among other publications.

Denworth is the author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond, I Can Hear You Whisper, and Toxic Truth. She co-authored Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise with Dana Suskind, and co-authored Playful: How to Play and Why You Should Never Stop with designer Cas Holman.