Deborah Blum

Deborah Blum

• Birth:    October 19, 1954
• Death:    
• Nationality:   Urbana, Illinois
• Education: University of Georgia (BA), University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA)
• Author URL: https://deborahblum.com/
• Books Written
• The Monkey Wars (1994, Oxford University Press) (ISBN 1594205140)
• A Field Guide for Science Writers: the official guide of the National Association of Science Writers, edited by Blum, Mary Knudson, and Robin Marantz Henig (1997; 2nd ed., 2006, Penguin Books) (ISBN 1594205140)
• Sex on the Brain: the biological differences between men and women (1997) — a New York Times Notable Book of the Year (1998, Penguin Books) (ISBN 0140263489)
• Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the science of affection (2002) — named among the best books of 2002 by Publishers Weekly, National Public Radio and Discover magazine, finalist for Los Angeles Times 2002 Book Prize (2002, Basic Books) (ISBN 0738202789)
• Ghost Hunters: William James and the search for scientific proof of life after death (2007, Penguin Books) (ISBN 0143038958))
• The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (2010, Penguin Press) (ISBN 0380780410))
• Angel Killer: A True Story of Cannibalism, Crime Fighting, and Insanity in New York City (2012, The Atavist) (ASIN B00APWJFZE))
• The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (2018, Penguin Press) (ISBN 1594205140))
• Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons From the Front Lines (2022, Oxford University Press) (ISBN 0197551505)
• Biography

an American science journalist, and the director of the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of several books, including The Poisoner's Handbook (2010) and The Poison Squad (2018), and has been a columnist for The New York Times and a blogger, via her blog titled Elemental, for Wired. From Wikipedia