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|title=(help) - ↑ Brenda Martin, Goedgedacht Forum
- ↑ "Sunday Times Literary Awards, The judges have chosen to cite Scorched for an Honorary Award for breaking into the new territory of science journalism, and its skill in popularising this often inaccessible field."
- ↑ Their interview with the author