Paul Harris is a developmental psychologist. He taught in Oxford for 20 years before moving to Harvard in 2001 where he is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education. His recent books focus on the development of children’s imagination (The work of the Imagination, published by Blackwell/Wiley in 2000) and children’s learning from other people (Trusting what You’re Told: How Children Learn from Others, published by HUP in 2012).