SANJIDA is a writer, presenter and TV director.
Her background is in zoology and she has a PhD in psychology.
Sanjida writes for national newspapers and magazines on science, health and green issues.
She has had five books published, two novels: Angel Bird and Theory of Mind, and two non-fiction, Mindreading: How we learn to love and lie and Sugar: The Grass that Changed the World. Her fifth book, to accompany the TV series that she presented is called Nature’s Calendar: A month by month guide to the best wildlife locations in the British Isles.
Sanjida has directed a number of science documentaries, including three Horizons for BBC2. Her next TV series that she presents is called Nature’s Top 40. It’s a guide to the 40 best wildlife spectacles in the UK and will be broadcast weekdays from August 11-22 at 14.35 on BBC2.
DR SANJIDA O'CONNELL
NOVELIST
WRITER
TELEVISION DIRECTOR
PRESENTER
SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR