Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

Florence Williams is a journalist and contributing editor to Outside magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, and National Geographic among others. Her first book, Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2012 and the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology. Williams lives in Washington, DC.

"Florence William's double-D talents as a reporter and writer lift this book high above the genre and separate it from the ranks of ordinary science writing. Breasts is illuminating, surprising, clever, important. Williams is an author to savor and look forward to." Mary Roach "...an engagingly written book..." BBC Focus "You certainly won't regret reading Breasts." The Guardian "...Florence Williams's tome...is a fascinating - and occasionally frightening - exploration of these most fetishised of body parts." Evening Standard "Florence Williams deserves our gratitude for bringing the general issue to our attention...and for educating, stimulating and entertaining us along the way." The Times Literary Supplement "Florence Williams's excellent book shines light on a much-misunderstood part of the body...Breasts is a seriously good book. It's well written, scientifically literate, engrossing and occasionally terrifying." New Statesman "...a witty, well-researched and eminently readable book." Literary Review "Williams's great success is in proving that breasts are even more fascinating inside than out..." The Scotsman "Highly informative and remarkably entertaining..." Elle