Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.

Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.

Awards

Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 2011

Commended — New York Times Notable Selection, 2014

Shortlisted — Pulitzer Prize, 2012

Books by Diane Ackerman

  • One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir

    Diane Ackerman

    E Book, 2011

    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award

    "A testament to the power of creativity in language, life—and love." —Heller McAlpin, Washington Post
  • The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us

    Diane Ackerman

    E Book, 2014

    Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and the PEN New England Henry David Thoreau Prize.

    A dazzling, inspiring tour through the ways that humans are working with nature to try to save the...