I teach English and write books at the intersection of science and art.  My work has been featured in outlets like The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Scientific American Mind, New Scientist, The Chronicle of Higher Education,  Nature, Science, BBC Radio and NPR. My blog, The Storytelling Animal, is featured at Psychology Today.  I live with my wife and two young daughters in Washington, Pennsylvania.

Email: jgottschall [at] washjeff.edu

For inquiries related to The Storytelling Animal you may also contact my publicist at Houghton Mifflin, Summer Smith: Summer.Smith [at] hmhpub.com; 212-420-5878