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Simon LeVay is a neuroscientist turned science writer and teacher. He was educated at Dulwich College, Cambridge University, and the University of Göttingen, Germany. In 1971 he moved to the United States: he has conducted research at Harvard Medical School and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and has taught at the University of California and Stanford University.
He attracted worldwide attention in 1991 with the publication of a study reporting on a difference in brain structure between heterosexual and homosexual men. This study helped trigger a spate of recent research into the biological basis of sexual orientation.
LeVay is the author or co-author of eight books. They include books in the area of his own scientific interests - The Sexual Brain (1993) and Queer Science (1996) - general-interest science books such as The Earth in Turmoil (1998) and Here Be Dragons (2000), a science-fiction novel, Albrick’s Gold (1997), and a college textbook, Human Sexuality (2003). He has also written for newspapers and periodicals such as Scientific American, Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian, New Scientist, and The Advocate, as well as for the online magazine Nerve. com. He was the presenter on a 1992 television documentary, Born That Way? (Windfall Films).
LeVay currently lives in West Hollywood, California. His favorite pastime is cycling, and his oddest achievement is winning the 1963 bicycle hillclimb championship of (pancake-flat) East Anglia.
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