Cordelia's latest book, Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences was short-listed for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, the Best Book of Ideas Prize 2011 and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for Literature 2010. Cordelia is also the author of A Mind of Its Own: How your brain distorts and deceives. Cordelia writes regularly for the press, and wrote the introduction for the Britannica Guide to the Brain.

Cordelia studied Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, followed by an M.Phil in Criminology at Cambridge University. She was awarded a Ph.D in Psychology from University College London. Between 2002 to 2011 she held research positions at Monash University, the Australian National University, then Macquarie University. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Ethical Leadership at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne.