Andrew Lawler is a journalist and author who has written about history, science, religion, and politics from dozens of countries.

He is author of four books: A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution; the prize-winningUnder Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World’s Most Contested City; the national bestseller The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke; and the acclaimed Why Did The Chicken Cross The World: The Epic Saga Of The Bird That Powers Civilization.

Andrew’s byline has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many other publications. He is a contributing writer for Science and contributing editor for Archaeology, as well as a National Geographic Explorer and a Pulitzer Center grantee. His work has won a number of journalism awards, and appeared several times in The Best of Science and Nature Writing.