Jena Pincott writes about the quirky, hidden side of science — the shocking, subconscious, under-the-radar stuff. She is the author of Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: Exploring the Surprising Science of Pregnancy, which received starred reviews from Kirkus and Library Journal. Her previous book, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?, on the science of love and attraction, is being translated in 17 languages. It received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was featured on ABC’s Good Morning America, Fox News, CBS’ The Early Show, NPR, and covered in Glamour, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, the Washington Post, and the Associated Press. Jena’s writing and interviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Redbook, and other publications.

Jena graduated with a dual major in Biology and Media Studies from Hampshire College. Seeking a happy medium, she worked on science documentaries for PBS, and then moved on to book publishing. She was an editor at John Wiley & Sons and a senior editor at Random House. She received an M.A. from New York University; her thesis was on science and the sublime in the works of Thomas Pynchon.

Jena’s other books run the gamut from self-help and motivation (Healing and the bestseller Success) to science, technology, and history (Technomanifestos, Making the Cisco Connection). She writes science fiction as a hobby, blogs at Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, and teaches at Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Jena lives in New York City with her husband, Peter, and baby daughter.