Katherine Ellison

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Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention

A hilarious and heartrending account of one mother's journey to understand and reconnect with her high-spirited preteen son--a true story sure to beguile parents grappling with a child's bewildering behavior. Popular literature is filled with the stories of self-sacrificing mothers bravely tending to their challenging children. Katherine Ellison offers a different kind of tale...

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The New Economy of Nature: The Quest To Make Conservation Profitable

Through engaging stories from around the world, the authors introduce readers to a diverse group of people who are pioneering new approaches to conservation. Daily and Ellison describe the dynamic interplay of science, economics, business, and politics that is involved in establishing these new approaches and examine what will be needed to create successful models and lasting...

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Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines

From Publishers Weekly The former first lady of the Philippines has become an icon of popular ridicule since the 1986 People Power revolution brought an end to her "ridiculous dreamworld." That world is captured here in its empty glitter, but Ellison, bureau chief of Knight-Ridder newspapers in Mexico City, is primarily concerned with showing how the Steel...

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The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist implodes the myth of the dumbed-down mom, offering startling scientific evidence that motherhood gives women unexpected mental advantages Generations of mothers have been told-and believed-that having a baby means checking their own brains at the delivery room door. "The Mommy Brain" usually refers to a head full of feeding...

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The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference

"This vibrant and hopeful book...demonstrates...a nascent movement to make conservation of natural resources financially rewarding...Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and veteran foreign correspondent whose writing skill makes these complex and subtle ideas compelling." --The San Francisco Chronicle

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Katherine's Latest Blogs

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Mar.02.2011 - 4:15 pm

Crossing the Lines in the Ritalin Wars: One Mother’s Perspective

Stimulant medications for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) turn children into "zombies." They also carry risks for heart attacks, depression, and even...

Feb.07.2011 - 9:34 am

Nothing is Lost; Everything is Transformed

When I was about 16, I worked all summer, baby-sitting, to earn the money to buy a ruby ring I'd seen in a store window and couldn't get out of my mind. The ring had five dark...

Feb.06.2011 - 7:45 pm

need a laugh?

I just got emailed this -- it's wonderful-- A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw...

Jan.18.2009 - 10:09 am

perils of parenting research

This morning, the New York Times raised an issue I've been grappling with, in its story on research scientists who use their children as subjects. For the past year, I've been...

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About Katherine

Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, former foreign correspondent, writing consultant, and author of four books, including The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes You Smarter. The mother of two sons, she lives in the San...

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Causes Katherine Ellison Supports

Women for Afghan Women, Moms Against Climate Change, Planned Parenthood