H Is for Hawk (MacDonald) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—1970
• Where—Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
• Education—B.A., M. Phil., Cambridge University
• Awards—Costa Award (Best Book and Biography); Samuel Johnson Award
• Currently—lives in The Fens (Cambridgeshire), England


Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, illustrator, historian, and naturalist, and an affiliated research scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. She also worked as a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge.

She is the author of a cultural history of falcons, titled Falcon, and three collections of poetry. As a professional falconer, she assisted with the management of raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia. Her memoir H Is for Hawk was published in 2014. (From the publisher.)