Vanessa Woods

Vanessa Woods is the Director of the Duke Puppy Kindergarten and an award winning author and journalist. Her memoir Bonobo Handshake (June 2010), won the Thomas Lowell award for non-fiction, and her children’s book It’s True! Space turns you into spaghetti won the acclaimed book award from The Royal Society in 2007.

Woods has written for various publications including the Wall Street Journal, BBC Wildlife, New Scientist, and the New York Times. In 2003, she won the Australasian Science award for journalism.

Hare and Woods are married and live in North Carolina. Their book The Genius of Dogs, was a New York Times Bestseller. Their upcoming book Survival of the Friendliest will be released summer of 2020.