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Rebecca is the daughter of poet, novelist and essayist Floyd Skloot.<1> She received a BS in biological sciences and an MFA in creative nonfiction.<1> She is a former vice president of the National Book Critics Circle.<4> She is faculty member at the yearly Mid-Atlantic Summer Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference and has taught creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Memphis.<5> She is also a writing mentor with the Creative Nonfiction mentoring program.<6>
Skloot has published over 200 featured stories and essays.<1> Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, Discover, and New York magazine.<4> Skloot is also a contributing editor at Popular Science and has worked as a correspondent for NPR's Radiolab and PBS's NOVA scienceNOW.<1>
Her first book, the New York Times Bestselling The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010), is about Henrietta Lacks and the immortal cell line (known as HeLa) that came from her cancer cells in 1951.<1> On November 10, 2010 the book was awarded the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, awarded annually to an outstanding work of fiction or non-fiction on the theme of health and medicine.<7> It also was awarded a Salon Book Award, and selected as one The New York Times Notable Books of the Year.
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- Legal name: Rebecca Skloot
- Birthdate: September 19
- Birthplace: , United Kingdom
- Nationality: British
- Gender: Female
- Official Website: http://www.rebeccaskloot.com
- Genres: Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Journalism, Narrative Journalism, Narrative Nonfiction, Science Writing, Creative Nonfiction
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Rebecca Skloot is an award-winning writer & contributing editor at Popular Science magazine. She writes for the NY Times Magazine, Oprah Magazine, & others, & has worked as a correspondent for RadioLab and Nova ScienceNOW. Her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (available Feb 2, 2010) is a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick for Spring 2010. Publishers Weekly calls it “a stunning debut.” For advance praise and more information, visit the the author's website at www.rebeccaskloot.com. You can also follow the book's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/henriettalacks.
Skloot specializes in narrative storytelling about science & medicine, but is known to cover a wide range of topics, including bioethics, food politics, and guide miniature horses for the blind. Her work has been anthologized in The Best Food Writing, The Best Creative Nonfiction, & others. For more info visit RebeccaSkloot.com, follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/rebeccaskloot & on Facebook.
Skloot specializes in narrative storytelling about science & medicine, but is known to cover a wide range of topics, including bioethics, food politics, and guide miniature horses for the blind. Her work has been anthologized in The Best Food Writing, The Best Creative Nonfiction, & others. For more info visit RebeccaSkloot.com, follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/rebeccaskloot & on Facebook.
