Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery, nada o 7 de febreiro de 1958 en Frankfurt, Alemaña, é unha naturalista, autora e guionista estadounidense que escribe para nenos e adultos.

 Traxectoria 
Montgomery naceu o 7 de febreiro de 1958 en Frankfurt, Alemaña. De nena viviu en Frankfurt, Alemaña; Brooklyn, Nova York; Alexandria, Virxinia; e Westfield, Nova Jersey. Graduouse en 1975 no Westfield High School e en 1979 na Universidade de Syracuse, cunha tripla especialidade con dobre título en xornalismo de revistas pola S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications e en lingua e literatura francesas e en psicoloxía da Facultade de Artes e Ciencias. Recibiu tres títulos de doutora honoris causa: un doutoramento honoris causa en letras humanas polo Keene State College en 2004 e un doutoramento honoris causa en letras humanas pola Universidade Franklin Pierce e pola Universidade do Sur de Nova Hampshire en 2011.

 Vida persoal 
Vive en Hancock, Nova Hampshire co seu marido, o escritor Howard Mansfield.

 Obras selectas 
 Para adultos 
 1991, The Curious Naturalist: Nature's Everyday Mysteries
 1995, Seasons of the Wild
 1995, Spell of the Tiger: The Man-eaters of the Sunderbans
 2000, Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon quest
 2000, Walking with the Great Apes
 2002, Search for the Golden Moon Bear: Science and Adventure in Pursuit of a New Species
 2007, The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
 2010, Birdology
 2012, The Wild out of Your Window
 2015, The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness  
 2018, How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals, illustrated by Rebecca Green (A New York Times bestseller)
 2021, The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
 2022, The Hawk's Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty

 Para nenos 
 1999, The Snake Scientist
 2001, The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans
 2002, Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon
 2004, The Tarantula Scientist
 2006, Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
 2009, Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition among Snow Leopards in Mongolia
 2010, Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
 2012, Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
 2013, Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo
 2013, The Tapir Scientist:  Saving South America's Largest Mammal
 2014, Chasing Cheetahs:  The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat
 2015, The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk
 2016, The Great White Shark Scientist
 2017, Amazon Adventure
 2018, The Hyena Scientist
 2018, Inky's Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home
 2019, The Magnificent Migration: On Safari With Africa's last Great herds
 2020, Becoming A Good Creature
 2020, Condor Comeback
 2022, The Seagull And The Sea Captain

 Notas 

Categoría:Nados en 1958
Categoría:Nados en Frankfurt
Categoría:Alumnos da Universidade de Syracuse
Categoría:Escritores de literatura infantil dos Estados Unidos de América