Annie Murphy Paul is a magazine journalist and book author who writes about the biological and social sciences. Born in Philadelphia, she graduated from Yale University and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. A former senior editor at "Psychology Today" magazine, she was awarded the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism. Her writing has appeared in the "New York Times Magazine", the "New York Times Book Review", "Slate", "Discover", "Health", "O: The Oprah Magazine", and many other publications. She is the author of "Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our "Lives and "The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves".

Annie Murphy Paul is a magazine journalist and book author who writes about the biological and social sciences. Born in Philadelphia, she graduated from Yale University and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. A former senior editor at "Psychology Today" magazine, she was awarded the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism. Her writing has appeared in the "New York Times Magazine", the "New York Times Book Review", "Slate", "Discover", "Health", "O: The Oprah Magazine", and many other publications. She is the author of "Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our "Lives and "The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves".