Jill Neimark

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Jill Neimark
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Neimark in 2020
Occupation(s)Author of adult and children's fiction and veteran science journalist
Website jillneimark.com

Jill Neimark is an American writer. Her April 2007 cover story in Discover Magazine, "Understanding Autism" won the 2007 award from the Autism Society of America.

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Career

Neimark has written one adult novel, a thriller titled Bloodsong, [1] [2] which was published in both hardcover and paperback, chosen by Book of The Month Club, and translated into German, Italian, and Hebrew. She has also published numerous children's books: I Want Your Moo (which was written with psychologist Marcella Bakur Weiner and translated and published in Spanish and Chinese), Toodles & Teeny, The Hugging Tree (which has been featured in dozens of read-a-louds around the world), The Secret Spiral and The Golden Rectangle, [3] among others. She co-authored, with bioethicist Stephen Post, Why Good Things Happen to Good People, which was translated and published in Japan, Brazil, Russia, Portugal, India, Sweden, and Taiwan. [4] [5] [6]

Neimark has also been published in The New York Times , [7] Discover Magazine , Scientific American , Science, The Atlantic Monthly , [8] Aeon , Undark Magazine , Sapiens , NPR , Nautilus and Psychology Today on topics ranging from biology and physics to the mind and the soul. She has written poetry and reviews for the Massachusetts Review , Borderlands , Cimarron Review , The Blue Nib , The Rumpus and The New York Quarterly . She was a contributing editor for Discover Magazine, and has published on subjects ranging from human evolution to curing HIV.

Awards and honors

Her April 2007 cover story in Discover Magazine, "Understanding Autism" [9] won the 2007 award from the Autism Society of America. [10] [11] [12]

Bibliography

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References

  1. Pleasure and poison: in love with a killer; Lisa Meyer. Houston Chronicle. Houston, Tex.: January 2, 1994. pg. 21.
  2. Steamy Sex, a Little Murder and Intrigue-It's All Here, Jonathan Kirsch. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: September 8, 1993. ; p. 2
  3. In The Golden Rectangle, two girls battle a tiny tyrant; Tracy Grant. The Washington Post. February 15, 2013.
  4. Frisbie, David. "Why Good Things Happen to Good People (book review)". Armchair Interviews. Retrieved June 24, 2007. Archived June 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Barrick, Audrey (April 8, 2007). "Giving Increases Good Fortune, Happiness". The Christian Post. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Neimark, Jill. "Open Mind, Open Heart: The Good Life." immunesupport.com, reprinted with permission from Spirituality & Health Magazine. June 8, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2007. Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Using Flows and Fluxes to Demythologize the Unity of Life; New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: August 11, 1998. pg. F.4
  8. Neimark, Jill. "The Dogs That Sniff Out 5,000 Year-Old bones." Atlantic Monthly. July 5, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  9. Neimark, Jill. "Autism: It’s Not Just in the Head." Discover. March 22, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2007. Archived March 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Colston, Marguerite Kirst. "Discover Article "Understanding Autism" Breaks New Ground." Autism Society of America. March 28, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2007. Archived October 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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