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Deborah Blum

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Deborah Blum is director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, and editor of Undark magazine, (undark.org). In 1992, she won the Pulitzer Prize for a series on primate research, which she turned into a book, The Monkey Wars. Her other books include The Poisoner's HandbookGhost HuntersLove at Goon Park, and Sex on the Brain. She has written for publications including The New York TimesWiredTimeDiscoverMother JonesThe Guardian and The Boston Globe. Blum is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a lifetime associate of the National Academy of Sciences.

Deborah Blum Books

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014 book cover

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 book cover

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012

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The Poison Squad book cover

The Poison Squad

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Love at Goon Park book cover

Love at Goon Park

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The Poisoner's Handbook book cover

The Poisoner's Handbook

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Ghost Hunters book cover

Ghost Hunters

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Sex on the Brain book cover

Sex on the Brain

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