About Kayt

Kayt Sukel's writing credits include personal essays in the Washington Post, American Baby, the Bark, USAToday, Literary Mama and the Christian Science Monitor as well as articles on a variety of subjects for the Atlantic Monthly, the AARP Bulletin, Continental In-flight Magazine, Healthcare Informatics, Parenting, Cerebrum, Islands, National Geographic Traveler, BrainWork and American Baby magazines. She also blogs regularly about traveling on the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award winning travel blog, Travel Savvy Mom; her favorite restaurants at UpTake.com; and science, love and life at the Houston Chronicle's Hearts and Minds blog.

Kayt also works with several corporate clients in both the healthcare, education and government sectors on writing and marketing endeavors. Clients include How Stuff Works, the Vendome Group, the Dana Foundation and CorpComm, Inc.

Kayt is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the Author's Guild and the National Association of Science Writers (NASW). She has recently returned to the United States after living abroad for six years and has just published her first book, DIRTY MINDS:  HOW OUR BRAINS INFLUENCE LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS, an exploration of the neurobiology of love (Free Press, 2012).  You can often find her oversharing on Twitter as @kaytsukel.

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Watch the DIRTY MINDS book trailer:

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Advance praise for DIRTY MINDS:

Featured in ELLE (January, 2012: page 107), Scientific American (January, 2012:  page 84) and other magazines and online outlets.

"With humor and flair, Sukel takes us through the whole human drama -- loving, hating, cheating, losing, orgasming, parenting, punishment, and reward -- and at the end we realize something truly startling: it's all in our minds." -- Jena Pincott, author of Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy

"Kayt Sukel's 'Dirty Minds' merges the bracing realities of science with the mysterious thrill of love and attraction.  Provocative,well-researched, and compulsively readable, this book opens the mind (dirty or otherwise) and stirs the soul." -- Lily Burana, author of Strip City, Try, and I Love a Man in Uniform.

"Love and sex are two of the eternal mysteries of the human experience—but in her compelling new book, 'Dirty Minds,' Kayt Sukel lifts the curtain to give us a fresh and fascinating look at our intimate lives. Sukel shows us how neuroscientists are venturing into the realm once reserved for poets and songwriters, and returning with bold new knowledge about the brain in love and in the throes of pleasure. After reading this seductively interesting book, you’ll never think about a date or a kiss or a breakup the same way again." -- Annie Murphy Paul, author of Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives and The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves.

"Sukel leaves no stone unturned as she delves into the complex, cerebral world of relationships...[her] background in psychology allows her to discuss highly technical topics in a way that will be accessible to a broad audience, including armchair scientists and sociology buffs." --Publishers Weekly

"You sure did a lot of research.  It was an absolutely fascinating read, honey, even for someone who knows nothing about the science.  But will any of it help improve your taste in men?"  -- Kayt's Mom

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NOTE: Several essays and short features are available for reprint. Please contact Kayt if you are interested in availability and rates. Thank you.

Kayt Sukel's writing credits include personal essays in the Washington Post, American Baby, the Bark, USAToday, Literary Mama and the Christian Science Monitor as well as articles on a variety of subjects for the Atlantic Monthly, the AARP Bulletin, Continental In-flight Magazine, Healthcare Informatics, Parenting, Cerebrum, Islands, National Geographic Traveler, BrainWork and American Baby magazines. She also blogs regularly about traveling on the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award winning travel blog, Travel Savvy Mom; her favorite restaurants at UpTake.com; and science, love and life at the Houston Chronicle's Hearts and Minds blog.

Kayt also works with several corporate clients in both the healthcare, education and government sectors on writing and marketing endeavors. Clients include How Stuff Works, the Vendome Group, the Dana Foundation and CorpComm, Inc.

Kayt is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the Author's Guild and the National Association of Science Writers (NASW). She has recently returned to the United States after living abroad for six years and has just published her first book, DIRTY MINDS:  HOW OUR BRAINS INFLUENCE LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS, an exploration of the neurobiology of love (Free Press, 2012).  You can often find her oversharing on Twitter as @kaytsukel.

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Watch the DIRTY MINDS book trailer:

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Advance praise for DIRTY MINDS:

Featured in ELLE (January, 2012: page 107), Scientific American (January, 2012:  page 84) and other magazines and online outlets.

"With humor and flair, Sukel takes us through the whole human drama -- loving, hating, cheating, losing, orgasming, parenting, punishment, and reward -- and at the end we realize something truly startling: it's all in our minds." -- Jena Pincott, author of Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy

"Kayt Sukel's 'Dirty Minds' merges the bracing realities of science with the mysterious thrill of love and attraction.  Provocative,well-researched, and compulsively readable, this book opens the mind (dirty or otherwise) and stirs the soul." -- Lily Burana, author of Strip City, Try, and I Love a Man in Uniform.

"Love and sex are two of the eternal mysteries of the human experience—but in her compelling new book, 'Dirty Minds,' Kayt Sukel lifts the curtain to give us a fresh and fascinating look at our intimate lives. Sukel shows us how neuroscientists are venturing into the realm once reserved for poets and songwriters, and returning with bold new knowledge about the brain in love and in the throes of pleasure. After reading this seductively interesting book, you’ll never think about a date or a kiss or a breakup the same way again." -- Annie Murphy Paul, author of Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives and The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves.

"Sukel leaves no stone unturned as she delves into the complex, cerebral world of relationships...[her] background in psychology allows her to discuss highly technical topics in a way that will be accessible to a broad audience, including armchair scientists and sociology buffs." --Publishers Weekly

"You sure did a lot of research.  It was an absolutely fascinating read, honey, even for someone who knows nothing about the science.  But will any of it help improve your taste in men?"  -- Kayt's Mom

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NOTE: Several essays and short features are available for reprint. Please contact Kayt if you are interested in availability and rates. Thank you.