DANIEL GOLEMAN is an internationally known psychologist. As a science journalist Goleman reported on the brain and behavioural sciences for the New York Times for many years. His international bestseller, Emotional Intelligence, has sold more than five million copies worldwide and has been translated into over forty languages. Goleman's work as a science journalist has been recognised with many awards, including a Lifetime Career Award from the American Psychological Association, and he was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of his communicating science to the general public. He has been named one of the world's most influential business thinkers by the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Goleman is a co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, originally at the Yale Child Studies Center, and he currently co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University. Besides his books on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis. He lives in Massachusetts.