Speaking

Currently available for in-person as well as virtual talks. I do school author visits too! Feel free to reach out. Reviews:

"She is a live wire."
"The best talk we've had in recent memory."
"A most eloquent and cogent lecture."
"Bring her back, she is magnificent! I only came for the pictures, but I was blown away by the science and the love."
"I could listen to her talk all day!"
"Encyclopedic knowledge, wildly enthusiastic about the subject, and a bit goofy to boot!"

Upcoming Events

August 21, 11am Pacific Time: SCBWI Book Club on Instagram Live

August 26, 3:45pm Pacific Time: "Understanding Cephalopod Behavior," Smithsonian Associates (tickets) (Unofficial title is "From Greedy Trickster to Kindly Teacher: Octopuses Have the Range."

October 26, time TBD: Happy Endings at LitCrawl in San Francisco, CA

Interviews

Think, NPR Octopuses: The aliens of the ocean

Quirks and Quarks, CBC Radio Ugly babies: A new book looks at cute-challenged but fascinating baby animals

Nine To Noon, Radio New Zealand Danna Staaf: champion of the cephalopods

Constant Wonder, BYU radio Water Monarchs and Monsters

1a, NPR Bearing Arms: The Amazing World of the Octopus (With Sy Montgomery and Kelley Voss)

Skaana On Alien Octopuses, Squid Squads and Why Baby Animals Rule

What Were You Thinking? Season 2, Episode 8

Converging Dialogues #93

Ocean Wants Cephalopods On Land

Probably Science Episode 270

SCBWI Book Club: The Lady and the Octopus

 

Virtual Book Club Meeting (credit: Science Friday)


Recorded Talks