Beth Gardiner is an American journalist based in London. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Time and the Washington Post. These days, she focuses mainly on stories about environment, health and sustainability, but she’s written about everything from politics, education and feminism to food and the arts.
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Choked, her first book, has been recommended by NPR's Science Friday, the Washington Post, Scientific American and Library Journal. The Guardian said "You couldn’t ask for a better guide for non-specialists and concerned citizens," and Refinery29 called it "incredibly readable."

Beth spent 10 years as a reporter for the Associated Press, based first in New York and then in London. She has discussed her reporting on NPR's All Things Considered, MSNBC, WNYC's Brian Lehrer show, the BBC's World at One, Sky News and Canada's CBC, among many others. In 2019, she was a speaker at TEDx London at the Royal Festival Hall.