Andrew Lawler

Photograph by Chaser Rue

About The Author

Andrew Lawler is the author of more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles on subjects ranging from asteroids to zebrafish. He is a contributing writer for Science magazine and a contributing editor for Archaeology magazine. He has written for National GeographicSmithsonianDiscover, Slate, Columbia Journalism ReviewThe New York Times, and several European newspapers, among others. See more at AndrewLawler.com.

Books by Andrew Lawler

A Perfect Frenzy

A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution

From the nationally bestselling author of The Secret Token, the largely untold story of rebellion in Virginia that will forever change our understanding of the American Revolution.
Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?

The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization

Veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a “fascinating and delightful…globetrotting tour” (Wall Street Journal) with the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization—the chicken.
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