James Nestor — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Author of the international bestseller *Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art* (2020), which sold over three million copies worldwide and was translated into more than 35 languages.
Awarded Best General Nonfiction Book by the American Society of Journalists and Authors for *Breath*, and a Finalist for the Royal Society Best Science Book.
Authored *DEEP: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What The Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves* (2014).
Co-created "The Click Effect," a Virtual Reality short documentary based on *DEEP*, which was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best VR Experience in 2017.
Collaborated on Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), a nonprofit research group using machine learning and AI to understand cetacean communication.
His stories have appeared in publications such as *Outside magazine*, *The Atlantic*, *The New York Times*, and *Scientific American*.

Biography

James Nestor is an American author and science journalist, widely recognized for his international bestselling book, *Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art*. Released in 2020 by Riverhead/Penguin Random House, *Breath* debuted on the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times bestseller lists, spending 18 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list in its first year.