Bio
Emily Anthes is a freelance science and health writer. Her work has appeared in Wired, Scientific American Mind, Psychology Today, Seed, Discover, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Slate, New York, Miller-McCune, Good, Foreign Policy, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere. She is also the author of the Instant Egghead Guide: The Mind (St. Martin’s Press, 2009). She is currently working on a book about how biotechnology is shaping the future of animals.
Emily blogs at Wonderland, which is part of the blog network of the Public Library of Science. Her blog post, “When a deaf man has Tourette’s,” was selected for inclusion in The Open Laboratory 2010: The Best of Science Writing on the Web.
She has a master’s degree in science writing from MIT and a bachelor’s degree in the history of science and medicine from Yale, where she also studied creative writing. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her dog, Milo.
Media Appearances
Emily has appeared on National Public Radio, The Positive Mind, and other radio programs to discuss her work. Listen to her most recent discussion on The Positive Mind or her conversation with Scientific American‘s Steve Mirsky on “Science Talk.”
Images: The portrait above is by the inimitable Kelty Luber. Check out her other great work at Steep Street. The watercolor of a neuron is by Kim Gill. More of her illustration and design work is available here.
