Bee Lavender

Bee Lavender is an activist, author, entrepreneur, and expatriate. Her contributions as a social media pioneer caused Time Magazine to call her a "reigning mother superior," and she recently sold her tech company to Facebook. She is also a critically-acclaimed author, and her work has been reviewed and featured in a wide array of outlets like Fast Company, USA Today, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Salon, Time Out, NPR, the BBC, along with independent publications like Bust, Bitch, Hip Mama, and Clamor. Her writing regularly appears in magazines, newspapers, anthologies, and radio programs in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Bee was born and raised on a peninsula west of Seattle. She currently divides her time between London and NYC.

"Her powerful, elegant memoir should be read by everyone.... as an example of what truly well-written and unflinching self-examination can be like."

--The Sunday Telegraph

"Witnessing her strength and sheer determination to live makes this striking book completely engrossing."

--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"You know how sometimes you read a book that's so powerful, you find you keep flipping to the back to look at the author's photo? Lessons in Taxidermy has that effect."

--Time Out New York

"Lavender's memoir is exquisite, precise and deeply affecting from beginning to end."

--Bookslut