Author

Matt Ridley

15 books, mostly science, for Fourth Estate and Harper, 2010–2027

Matt Ridley is a British science writer and journalist whose books explore evolution, genetics, human behavior, innovation, economics, and society. After nine years at The Economist as science editor, Washington correspondent, and American editor, he became a full-time author and has written bestselling works including Genome, The Red Queen, The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything, How Innovation Works, Viral, and Birds, Sex and Beauty.