“Everyone admits that love is wonderful
and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. Love is the best school, but the tuition is
high and the homework can be painful.”
– Diane Ackerman
Born in October 1948, Ackerman is the
author of the bestselling book on love, One Hundred Names for Love, also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. And, of course, she authored The Zookeeper’s Wife (also made into a
popular movie) and A Natural History of
the Senses, adapted into a 5-part NOVA television series called “The
Mystery of the Senses.” Not to be categorized in any way, she also
penned The Human Age, winner of the
National Outdoor Book Award (in the Natural History Literature category).
A native of Pennsylvania, Ackerman
earned her Bachelor’s degree in English from Penn State University then went on
to earn 3 degrees, including a Master of Fine Arts and a Ph.D., from Cornell
University. 
In addition to her many
books, she has written essays and stories for magazines and journals around the
globe, taught at several colleges and universities, and done wide-ranging
poetic explorations of the natural world.
In addition to her many
books, she has written essays and stories for magazines and journals around the
globe, taught at several colleges and universities, and done wide-ranging
poetic explorations of the natural world.
“I
don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length
of it,” she said about her seemingly boundless energy. “I
want to have lived the width of it as well.”
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