Bianca Bosker

“I loved this book. It’s not just about wine. It’s about learning how to listen to your senses, to more deeply experience and appreciate the world around you, and everyone could use another glass of that.”

— Mary Roach, Author of Gulp

Bianca Bosker traded her career as The Huffington Post’s Executive Tech Editor for a job as “cellar rat,” embarking on an unprecedented journey through the wine world to probe, firsthand, the importance of our “forgotten” senses. Inspired by sommeliers who hone their senses the way Olympians train their bodies, she plunged inside neuroscientists’ labs, underground blind tasting groups, Michelin-starred restaurants, and mass-market wine factories as she trained to become a “somm” and uncover the rewards of a more flavorful life. The result is the instant bestseller Cork Dork—an unvarnished, no-BS investigation hailed by NPR and The New York Times as one of the best books of the year, and praised as the “Kitchen Confidential of wine.” To famed writer Jay McInerney, “Cork Dork is a brilliant feat of screwball participatory journalism and Bianca Bosker is a gonzo nerd prodigy.”

Her latest book, Get the Picture, an instant New York Times bestseller, is part user guide to the hidden logic of the art world and part quest into how to live more beautifully. She chronicles the years she spent “disowning” her normal life as a journalist to sell art at galleries, help artists in their studios, patrol museum wings as a security guard, and more. It’s a powerful journey to understanding why art matters, how we can engage with it more deeply, and how to ultimately live our lives more beautifully.

An astute observer of culture and cutting-edge trends—and a contributing writer at ​The Atlantic ​—Bosker has traveled the country leading talks and tastings that probe the nature of obsession and the advantages of reconnecting with our senses. Now, she speaks to the myriad of ways we can enhance our connection to the world around us through actively and deliberately engaging with it: with the people that surround us, the environement at our fingertips, and the events that are shaping our society.

Bosker’s reporting and analysis on tech, food, and culture have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, and The Guardian. She co-founded The Huffington Post’s technology section and has received multiple awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, as well as the Society of Professional Journalists.

Bosker previously authored Original Copies, the first definitive exploration of China’s “duplitecture” movement and a critically acclaimed investigation of copy culture. Described as “fascinating” by The New York Review of Books, Original Copies continues to be featured in leading publications and was named one of Gizmodo’s Best Books of the Year. She is also the co-author of a cultural history of bowling, Bowled Over: A Roll Down Memory Lane.