Praise for Telling Lies

“Ekman [is] a pioneer in emotions research and nonverbal communication…. [Telling Lies is an] accurate, intelligent, informative, and thoughtful work that is accessible to the layman and scientist alike. Mr. Ekman describes why and how people lie, why some are successful and others are not, how some people are skillful at detecting deception, while others are not, and which clues to deception are reliable and which are not. He draws his data from scientific studies and his illustrative materials from politics, literature and everyday life. . . . Mr. Ekman treats the issue of intelligent use of deception clues with the seriousness it deserves.”—Carol Z. Malatesta,

New York Times Book Review

“Ekman is a professor of psychology (U. Cal., San Francisco) who has done research on nonverbal communication for the last 20 years, and now reviews some of his findings for a popular audience.... Intriguing.”

—Kirkus Reviews