David George Haskell

David George Haskell

Author and Biologist

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David George Haskell is a biologist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world. His books have twice been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, in 2012 for The Forest Unseen and in 2022 for Sounds Wild and Broken. His 2017 book, The Songs of Trees, won the John Burroughs Medal. Other literary honors include an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; two PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award finalist nominations; the Acoustical Society of America’s Science Communication Award; and many more. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a Guggenheim Fellow, and an adjunct professor of environmental sciences at Emory University. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

The book cover of "How Flowers Made Our World" by David George Haskell features a large pink orchid, lush nature scenery, and hints at the evolutionary history of flowers, with text in white and yellow on a dark background.
Once land plants, seagrasses staged one of evolution’s boldest reversals — returning to the ocean and reinventing their biology to thrive beneath the waves.