Lynne Truss is an English author, journalist, novelist, and radio broadcaster. She was born on May 31, 1955, in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. Truss is best known for her 2003 book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, which focuses on correctness and aesthetics in the English language. The book grew out of her work presenting a BBC Radio 4 show about punctuation called Cutting a Dash. Beyond her work on punctuation, Truss has worked as a novelist, journalist, and radio broadcaster, establishing herself as a voice on language and communication.