Sy Montgomery: “The Secrets of the Octopus”

Sy Montgomery is the author of 34 books, including The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness, which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction and was a New York Times best seller, The Good Good Pig, How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals, Becoming A Good Creature, Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger, and Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell. Her books for children include Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea and Kakapo Rescue: Saving The World's Strangest Parrot won Silbert Medals. She has scripted, directed, and appeared in a National Geographic segment “Spell of the Tiger” and “Mother Bear Man.” Her most recent book Secrets of the Octopus is the companion to National Geographic’s 2024 miniseries of the same name.

She is the winner of the 2009 New England Independent Booksellers Association Nonfiction Award, the 2010 Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award, and the Henry Bergh Award for Nonfiction. She is a 1979 graduate of Syracuse University, where she studied Magazine Journalism, French Language and Literature, and Psychology. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters from Keene State College in 2004 and Franklin Pierce University and Southern New Hampshire University in 2011. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and dog.

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