Rebecca Skloot

Rebecca Skloot is a New York Times bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The book was adapted into an HBO film starring Rose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot, Oprah Winfrey playing the role of Deborah Lacks, and Renee Elise as Henrietta Lacks. The film was subsequently nominated for Emmy Awards. Additionally, Rebecca’s award-winning work of science has featured in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and many other publications.She focuses on narrative science writing and has explored different topics, including tissue ownership rights, goldfish surgery, food politics, race, medicine, and packs of wild dogs in Manhattan. Additionally, the author has worked as a correspondent for PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW and WNYC’s Radiolab. Rebecca Skloot is the founder of The Henrietta Foundation, which has appeared in the New York Times. She lives with her cat Phineas and dog Clarence in Oakland, California, where she’s working on her latest book. Before switching to science writing, Rebecca spent more than a decade as a veterinary technician in vet clinics, animal shelters, research labs, emergency rooms, and animal morgues. The experiences in the field are at the center of her books, which often explore the controversial debate of animal research through deep personal story with our intricate relationships with animals and their roles in our lives and science.