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Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman is the best-selling author of The Zookeeper’s Wife, A Natural History of the Senses, and many other books.

Books by Diane Ackerman

  1. Book CoverDawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day


    "It's easy to live in the moment when you're immersed in Ackerman's glorious prose."—Washington PostMore

  2. Book CoverOne Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir


    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
    Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award

    "A testament to the power of creativity in language, life—and love." —Heller McAlpin, Washington PostMore

  3. Book CoverThe Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story


    2008 Orion Book Award

    The New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.More