Deborah Blum

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 Handbook , Ghost Hunters , Love at Goon Park , and Sex on the Brain . She has written for publications including The New York Times , Wired , Time , Discover , Mother Jones , The Guardian and The Boston Globe . Blum is a...See more

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 Handbook , Ghost Hunters , Love at Goon Park , and Sex on the Brain . She has written for publications including The New York Times , Wired , Time , Discover , Mother Jones , The 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. See less