Emily Sohn is an award-winning journalist whose stories have appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, Outside, Nature, Scientific American, and many other publications. She covers primarily science, health, the environment, and adventure, with an extensive background in using in-person reporting to bring stories alive. Field research has taken her to Australia, Sweden, South Africa, the Peruvian Amazon, Uganda, and beyond. Her book, The Persistence of Wild Things: How Life Finds a Way in the Most Unexpected Places, is scheduled for release by Sourcebooks in July, 2027.

Her work has been anthologized in The Year's Best Sports Writing and has been selected as a notable mention in The Best American Science and Nature Writing. Her portfolio also includes dozens of books and graphic novels for young people. She teaches classes and workshops to audiences ranging from kids to undergraduates to scientists.

Emily studied biology as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College before attending the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication graduate program. Sohn lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two sons.