The Assault on Truth

Two of his books, When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love, were New York Times best-sellers. He became vegetarian as a result of his research, and later, when he looked into the feelings of farm animals, he became even stricter and no longer eats or uses any animal product (vegan). HarperCollins published his book The Dog Who Couldn’t Stop Loving: How Dogs Have Captured Our Hearts for Thousands of Years. He subsequently published a book about becoming vegan: The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food. His book Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil is about the us/them divide.

He lived on a beach in New Zealand with his two sons, Ilan and Manu, and his German wife, Leila, a pediatrician who works with children on the autistic spectrum (using the biomedical approach), Benjy, a golden lab, and three cats for 14 years. They moved to Europe (Málaga and Berlin) and are now living in Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. They often travel to the States to see their grandchild and to Europe to see Leila’s family. Jeff has just signed a contract with St. Martin’s to write about the death of dogs (and other animals we consider family).