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This event will be presented exclusively as a live stream on YouTube: https://www.yc.edu/v6/schools/auxillary/literary-southwest-series.html
Rebecca Skloot is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which was made into an Emmy-nominated HBO film of the same name starring Oprah Winfrey.
Her award-winning science writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine, and many other publications. A specialist in narrative science writing, she has worked as a correspondent for WNYC's Radiolab and PBS's Nova ScienceNOW.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Skloot's debut book, took more than a decade to research and write, and instantly hit the New York Times best-seller list, where it has remained for more than seven years since its publication. The Immortal Life was chosen as a best book of 2010 by more than 60 media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, National Public Radio, People Magazine, and The New York Times. It has been translated into 25 languages and has won numerous awards, including the National Academies of Science Best Book of the Year award.
Skloot, who is the founder and president of The Henrietta Lacks Foundation, has a B.S. in biological sciences and an MFA in creative nonfiction. She has taught creative writing and science journalism at the University of California Berkeley, New York University, University of Memphis, and the University of Pittsburgh. She is a regularly featured speaker at conferences and universities worldwide.
Skloot currently lives with her dog Clarence and cat Phineas in Oakland, California, where she is working on a new book about humans, animals, science, and ethics.
Special event presented in conjunction with the Yavapai College Rider Reads Program