Belinda Recio is a recipient of the Humane Society’s Award for Innovation in the Study of Animals and Society. She has developed award‑winning science curricula for educational television, museums, publishers, and toy companies. Her books have been published by Dutton, Discovery Channel, Fairwinds, Gibbs Smith, Running Press, The Nature Company, and Skyhorse.
Her most recent books are Your Inner Zoo: A Guide to the Meaning of Animals and the Insights They Offer Us (Skyhorse 2022), When Animals Rescue: Amazing True Stories about Heroic and Helpful Creatures (Skyhorse 2020), and Inside Animal Hearts and Minds: Bears That Count, Goats That Surf, and Other True Stories of Animal Intelligence and Emotion (Skyhorse 2017).
Belinda also writes the “State of the Ark” column on animals for Organic Spa Magazine and runs True North Gallery in Massachusetts, where she exhibits art that connects people with animals and nature. She lives on Boston’s North Shore, with her husband, Ed and their dog, River.
“The universe is full of magical things,
EDEN PHILLPOTTS
patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”