Deborah Blum

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October 19, 1954 in Urbana, Illinois, The United States

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Deborah Blum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.

As a science writer for the Sacramento Bee, Blum (rhymes with gum) wrote a series of articles examining the professional, ethical, and emotional conflicts between scientists who use animals in their research and animal rights activists who oppose that research. Titled "The Monkey Wars", the series won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.

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New Blog, New Name, New Home

I’m joining the Wired Science Blog network as of today and starting there with a new blog name – Elemental - that I think better reflects the way I’ve evolved as a writer fascinated by with our chemical world. As ever interested in poisons though – my first post is a look at the Dalai Lama’s recent revelation that China might be trying to poison him. I hope you’ll enjoy it, and my continued wor...

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Books by Deborah Blum

Average rating: 3.98 · 4,364 ratings · 952 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York 4.02 avg rating — 3,653 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death 3.62 avg rating — 298 ratings — 12 editions	My rating:
	Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection 4.14 avg rating — 210 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women 3.53 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Monkey Wars 4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Field Guide for Science Writers: The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers by Deborah Blum (Editor), Mary Knudson (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Bad Karma: A True Story Of Obsession And Murder 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Field Guide for Science Writers 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Walrus by Deborah Blum, Kris Hirschmann 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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