Olivia Judson

Biology Evolution Science
  • Olivia Judson is an evolutionary biologist at Imperial College London.

  • Born in 1970, she is the daughter of science historian Horace Freeland Judson and was mentored by W.D. Hamilton.

  • Olivia Judson graduated from Stanford University and earned a doctorate from Oxford.

  • She worked as a journalist before becoming a research fellow at Imperial College London.

  • Judson authored one book, "Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation," which became an international bestseller and was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2003.

  • The book, written as a sex-advice column for animals, explores the diverse sexual practices in nature and provides an overview of the evolutionary biology of sex.

Books by Olivia Judson