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Deborah Blum

Deborah Leigh Blum is 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.

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A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons From the Front Lines

A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons From the Front Lines

2022

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

2018

Coming of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead

Coming of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead

2017

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014

2014

with Tim Folger

Angel Killer: A True Story of Cannibalism Crime Fighting and Insanity in New York City

Angel Killer: A True Story of Cannibalism Crime Fighting and Insanity in New York City

2012

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012

2012

with Jerome Groopman

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

2010

Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

2006

Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women

Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women

1997