Jim Ottaviani

Jim Ottaviani has written fifteen (and counting) graphic novels about scientists. His books include Naturalist (with E.O. Wilson), Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier , Hawking , The Imitation Game, a biography of Alan Turing, Primate s, about Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas; and Feynman , about the Nobel-prize winning physicist, artist, and raconteur. His books are New York Times bestsellers, have been translated into a dozen languages, and have received praise from...See more

Jim Ottaviani has written fifteen (and counting) graphic novels about scientists. His books include Naturalist (with E.O. Wilson), Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier , Hawking , The Imitation Game, a biography of Alan Turing, Primate s, about Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas; and Feynman , about the Nobel-prize winning physicist, artist, and raconteur. His books are New York Times bestsellers, have been translated into a dozen languages, and have received praise from publications ranging from Nature and Physics World to Entertainment Weekly and Variety. Jim lives in Michigan and comes to comics via careers in nuclear engineering and librarianship. See less