Katherine Ellison

Katherine Ellison (born August 19, 1957) is an American author. With two colleagues, she won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for their work reporting on corruption in the Philippines. Career Ellison has authored and co-authored seven books, including: "Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools," Square Peg: My Story and What it Means for Raising Innovators, Visionaries, and Out-of-the-Box Thinkers, published by Hyperion Voice in March 2013; Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention, Hyperion Voice, 2010, The Mommy Brain: How motherhood makes us smarter (2005), The New Economy of Nature: The quest to make conservation profitable, Imelda: Steel butterfly of the Philippines. To promote her 2005 book The Mommy Brain: How motherhood makes us smarter, Ellison appeared on The CBS Early Show, The Today Show, and an excerpt from the book was featured in the May edition of Self Magazine. Time featured an interview with Ellison about The Mommy Brain in the April 25, 2005 edition. The New York Times published an op-ed by Ellison entitled "Mommy Brain" on May 8, 2005. Ellison's writings have been published in publications such as Working Mother, ConservationMagazine.org, Fortune, Monthly Magazine, and Conservation in Practice.