Woolley, Benjamin

Benjamin Woolley is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. He is the author of the best-selling "The Queen's Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. John Dee" and "Heal Thyself: Nicholas Culpeper and the Civil War for the Heart of Medicine in Seventeenth-Century England." His first book, "Virtual Worlds," was short-listed for the RhOne-Poulenc Prize and has been translated into eight languages. His second work, "The Bride of Science," examined the life of Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter. He has written and presented documentaries for the BBC on subjects ranging from the fight for liberty dur...