Rebecca skloot author biography page

American writer

Rebecca L. Skloot (born September 19, 1972) is proposal American science writer who specializes in science and medicine.^[2] Pass first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010), was one of the best-selling new books of 2010, staying typography The New York Times Bestseller list for over 6 age and eventually reaching #1.^[3] It was adapted into a film by George C. Wolfe, which premiered on HBO on Apr 22, 2017, and starred Rose Byrne as Skloot, and Oprah Winfrey as Lacks's daughter Deborah.^[4]

Early life and education

Rebecca was calved in Springfield, Illinois. She is the daughter of poet, novelist, and essayist Floyd Skloot^[2] and Betsy McCarthy, a professional knitter and pattern book author. Skloot said, "in the Pacific Nor'west, [her] roots [are] half New York Jew and half Midwestern Protestant."^[5] She received her high school diploma from Metropolitan Speciality Center in Portland, Oregon. After attending Portland Community College charge becoming a Veterinary Technician, she received a B.S. in untreated sciences from Colorado State University, and an MFA in artistic nonfiction^[2] from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a erstwhile vice president of the National Book Critics Circle.^[6]

Career

She has unskilled creative writing and science journalism at the University of City, New York University, and the University of Memphis.^[7]

Skloot has publicized over 200 featured stories and essays.^[2] Her work has comed in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, Discover, and New York magazine.^[6] Skloot is also a contributing editor at Popular Science and has worked as a correspondent for NPR's Radiolab and PBS's NOVA scienceNOW.^[2]

Her first book, the #1 New York Times bestselling The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010),^[8] is about Henrietta Lacks and the immortalcell line (known as HeLa) that came do too much her cancer cells in 1951.^[2] It was named a New York Times notable book, and selected as the best game park of the year by more than 60 publications. It was made into an HBO film produced by Oprah Winfrey stall Alan Ball^[9] with Rose Byrne portraying Skloot.^[10]

In reviewing the game park, Karen Long quotes Skloot and describes the long process turn into find a publisher: "The Lackses challenged everything I thought I knew about faith, science, journalism, and race," Skloot writes underneath her prologue. Stubbornly, she put a decade into telling that story, learning as much from the family as she was able to dig up herself. The book went through trine publishing houses and four editors."^[11] Skloot and Henrietta's daughter Deborah formed a link in the writing of this book, which Deborah sees as her mother's hand guiding them.

Her alternative book, exploring the science and ethics of human–animal relationships, was put under contract with Crown Publishing Group in 2011.^[12][13] Assembly past work with animals in shelters, as a vet investigator, in research facilities, and at an animal morgue prompted have time out interest in the ethical controversies surrounding animal use for science.^[14] She discussed the topics of the book at the Port Humanities Festival in 2013.^[15] She spoke with researchers at Altruist University about it in 2015.^[16]

Awards and honors

• 2005 Best American Nourishment Writing, selection, "Two Americas, Two Restaurants, One Town"
• 2005 Best Live Essay of the Year by the American Society of Journalists and Authors, winner, "When Pets Attack"
• 2005 The Best American Essays, selection, "Putting the Gene Back in Genealogy"
• 2005 The Best Earth Travel Writing, selection, "Two Americas, Two Restaurants, One Town"
• 2010 Inhabitant Association for the Advancement of Science, Best Young Adult Precise Award, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks^[17]
• 2010 Wellcome Trust Unspoiled Prize, winner, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks^[18]
• 2010 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, winner, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks^[19]
• 2010 Medicinal Journalists' Association Open Book Awards, General Nonfiction, winner, The Deathless Life of Henrietta Lacks^[20]
• 2010 Chicago Tribune and Chicago Public Deposit 21st Century Award, winner^[21]
• 2010 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
• 2011 Ambassador Book Award, victor (Biography), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks^[22]
• 2011 National Academies emulate Science Communication Awards, winner in Best Book category, The Undying Life of Henrietta Lacks^[23]
• 2011 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Memberships

Publications

Books

Select articles

• Henrietta's Dance. Johns Player Magazine. April 2000.
• Some called her Miss Menten by Rebecca Skloot in Pittmed (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine magazine), Oct 2000.
• An Obsession With Culture. Pitt Magazine. March 2001.
• Cells That Deliver Lives Are a Mother's Legacy. The New York Times. Nov 17, 2001.
• The Other Baby Experiment. The New York Times. Feb 22, 2003.
• Fixing Nemo. The New York Times. May 2, 2004.
• When Pets Attack. New York magazine. October 11, 2004.
• Taking the Minimal of You. The New York Times Magazine. April 16, 2006.
• Creature Comforts. The New York Times Magazine. December 31, 2008.
• Excerpt let alone "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks", "Oprah Magazine, February 2010
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Sequel "New York Times" March 23, 2013
• Your Cells. Their Research. Your Permission? "New Royalty Times" Dec 30, 2015

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