Timothy Ferris (born August 29, 1944) is an American science writer and the best-selling author of twelve books, including The Science of Liberty (2010) and Coming of Age in the Milky Way (1988), for which he was awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

[1] He also wrote The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report (1997), a popular science book on the study of the universe.

Ferris has produced three PBS documentaries: The Creation of the Universe (1985), Life Beyond Earth (1999), and Seeing in the Dark (2007).

After departing Northwestern Law School, Ferris joined United Press International as a reporter, where he worked in New York City.

[4] He has been a columnist for Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Science Digest magazines and a commentator for National Public Radio, MS-NBC, and the PBS News Hour.