Agnes Monod-Gayraud is an author and translator, with a focus on non-fiction titles rooted in science, nature, art and foklore. Winner of the 2017 Educational Writers' Award from the UK’s Society of Authors for The Book of Bees (Thames and Hudson/Abrams). Language editor for the Astronomy & Astrophysics academic journal, based at the Paris Observatory. Holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature/Psychology from New York University and an M.A. in Cultural Studies from the University of Warsaw. A native New Yorker, she currently lives with her family in London.