Vanessa Van Edwards Age【 Wikipedia 】Husband, Married, Bio, Height

Name Vanessa Van Edwards

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB May 17, 1985. As of 2025, she is around 40 years old.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Vanessa Van Edwards (maiden name Van Petten) is an American author, body language expert, behavioral investigator, column writer, and public speaker. She is originally from Portland, Oregon.
Multi-talented and smart, Vanessa is a well-respected professional whose work has inspired many people both around the US and the globe.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Vanessa Edwards was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 17, 1985. Her maiden name is Van Petten.
She grew up in Los Angeles but currently lives with her husband in Portland, Oregon. Vanessa married Scott Thornton Edwards in 2012. The couple has a daughter who was born in 2018.
In addition to English, Vanessa speaks a little bit of Spanish and Chinese.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Van Edwards graduated ‘Magna-Cum-Laude’ from Emory University in 2007.
She received SETT certification under Dr. Paul Ekman as well as SUBx certification. She is also an Association of Certified Fraud Examiners member and has a certification in Statement Analysis.

Work, Career, Salary and Net Worth :

Vanessa began her career as a columnist and writer in January 2009, working for publications such as CNN, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Business Week, Fast Company and Huffington Post.

In January 2011, Vanessa became a part of the ‘Science of People’ research lab in Portland, Oregon, as a Behavioural Investigator. Her work involves conducting various original experiments and research on communication and human psychology.
She also focuses on topics that include human lie detection, the psychology of attraction, body language hacks, the science of leadership as well as people skills.
Vanessa is a part of various soft skill training programs for Fortune 500 firms such as American Express, MillerCoors, Dove, Intel, Facebook and Google.
She is also an online course instructor and teaches classes in facial expression, body language, lie detection, and various other topics that fall within the theme of Scientific Research.
Van Edwards also does TEDx talks and even conducted experiments that centered on her TED talks. She first started speaking at TEDx events in 2017 in London.
She has made several appearances on TV shows such as This Morning with Charlie Rose on CBS, Shark Tank and AM Northwest.
Some of her other key projects include creating video courses on ‘Secrets of Body Language’ and ‘How to Be a Human Lie Detector.’

Publications :

Van Edwards has written for several publications that include, ‘Human Behaviour, Tech Trends and Entrepreneurship’ which she wrote for Forbes, ‘Families and Human Behaviour’ which she wrote for USA Today, ‘Advice for Social Entrepreneurs’ which she wrote for MSN Business on Main and ‘Tech News and Human Behaviour’ which she wrote for the Washington Post and TechCrunch.
She has written a few successful books such as ‘Do I Get my Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded with Plume’ and ‘Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101.’
Her other book, ‘Captivate: Use Science to Succeed with People’ was named one of Apple’s 2017 most anticipated books and was translated into more than 10 languages.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

Body Figure / Physical Info

Measurements :

Eye Color : Brown
Haircut / Hair Color : Brown
How tall / Height : 5′6″
Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby. She delivered her baby in 2018.
Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of her social media.