Florence Williams

Florence Williams is a journalist, author, and podcaster. She is a contributing editor at Outside magazine and a freelance writer for The New York Times, National Geographic, and numerous other publications.

She is the author of The Nature Fix: Why Being Outside Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, an Audible bestseller named a top summer read by J.P Morgan. BREASTS: A Natural and Unnatural History received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in science and technology, and her most recent book, Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey, won the 2023 PEN/E.O Wilson Award in literary science writing.

A fellow at the Center for Humans and Nature and a visiting scholar at George Washington University, her work focuses on the environment, health and science. Her public speaking includes keynotes at Google, the Smithsonian, the Seattle Zoo, the Aspen Ideas Festival and many other corporate, academic and nonprofit venues.