About the Author

Paul Ekman is the world's foremost expert on facial expressions and the professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California Medical School in San Francisco. He has served as an adviser to police departments, antiterrorism groups, and animation studios, and Ekman's research inspired Lie to Me, the FOX TV series. The author of fifteen books, he lives in northern California.

Reviews

"There's not been a book on this subject of such range and insight since Darwin's famous Expression of the Emotions more than a century ago."--Oliver Sacks "A charming, sound, sane map to the world of emotions, the perfect guide."--Daniel Goleman