Author

Books by Rebecca Skloot

Rebecca Skloot is an American science journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Popular Science, and Discover, among other publications. She studied biology before turning to writing and teaches science journalism. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, her first book, was published in 2010 after nearly a decade of reporting and became a bestseller and the basis for an HBO film. She founded the Henrietta Lacks Foundation to provide scholarships and financial assistance to individuals from whose tissues science has benefited without consent or compensation.