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Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
About Sy Montgomery
- Sy Montgomery (born February 7, 1958), is a naturalist, author and scriptwriter who writes for children as well as adults.
- She is author of 28 books, including The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness, which was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction and was on The New York Times Best Seller list.
- Her most popular book is The Good Good Pig, the bestselling memoir of life with her pig, Christopher Hogwood.
- Her other notable titles include Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger, and Search for the Golden Moon Bear.
- She has been described as "part Indiana Jones, part Emily Dickinson".
- Her book for children, Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea was the recipient of the 2007 Orbis Pictus Award and was selected as an Honor book for the Sibert Medal.For a half-hour National Geographic segment, she scripted and appeared in Spell of the Tiger, based on her book of the same title.
- Also for National Geographic, she developed and scripted Mother Bear Man based on the work of Ben Kilham, who raises and releases orphaned American black bears, which won a Chris Award. Author Vicki Croke asked Sy what she has learned, not just about an animal’s natural history, but lessons about life.
- Sy answered: “How to be a good creature.
- How do you be compassionate?… I think that animals teach compassion better than anything else and compassion doesn’t necessarily just mean a little mouse with a sore foot and you try to fix it.
- It means getting yourself inside the mind and heart of someone else.
- Seeing someone’s soul, looking for their truth.
- Animals teach you all of that and that’s how you get compassion and heart.”
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