Andrea Wulf
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| Andrea Wulf | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notable works | The Brother Gardeners, This Other Eden, Founding Gardeners, Chasing Venus |
Andrea Wulf (born 1972 in New Delhi, India) is a historian and writer, lives in Britain, and has written books, newspaper articles and book reviews. Her book The Brother Gardeners, published in April 2008, was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and received a CBHL Annual Literature Award in 2010. She studied design history at The Royal College of Art, London and is a public speaker, delivering lectures in the UK and USA. Wulf was the guest speaker at the Kitt Peak (KPNO)
Books
- This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English History Little, Brown, 2005, ISBN 9780316725804
- The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession Vintage Books, 2008, ISBN 9780307454751
- Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation Knopf Doubleday, 2012, ISBN 9780307390684
- Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens (2012) ISBN 9780307958617
- The Invention of Nature: How Alexander Von Humboldt Revolutionized Our World, Hodder And Stoughton Limited, 2015, ISBN 9781848548985
Interviews and TV Appearances
- 2012
- BBC World Service: panellist on The World Today Weekend
- CBS Evening News, "Chasing Venus" interview
- BBC Radio 3 Night Waves, interview re the "... Making of Landscape" exhibition at the Royal Academy
- 2013: BBC Radio 4, interviewed on Lisa Jardine's program 'Seven Ages of Science'
- 2014: BBC TV (BBC Four), co-presenter 'British Gardens in Time'
Radio interviews with Andrea Wulf have been broadcast in USA, Germany and Australia
References
External links
- Review of This Other Eden, The Guardian, Nov 26, 2005
- Review of The Brother Gardeners, The Daily Telegraph, April 13, 2008
- Review of The Brother Gardeners, The Guardian, May 10, 2008
- Review of The Founding Gardeners, The Daily Telegraph, Feb 25, 2011
- Review of Chasing Venus, The Daily Telegraph, June 18, 2012
- Samuel Johnson Prize Longlist Announcement
- CBHL Annual Literature Award Announcement
- Official Website
- Andrea's page, Conville and Walsh literary agency
