DR. EMMA BYRNE is a research scientist at Queen Mary, University of London. She has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and an MRes in Visualization, Imaging, and Virtual Environments. Her research has been published in Science and The BMJ, and has been covered by the BBC, the Daily Mail, and the Scottish Daily Record. She has also written popular science articles for Forbes and the Financial Times. Dr. Byrne appears regularly on Sky News and the BBC as an expert on swearing and artificial intelligence. Swearing Is Good For You is her first book.