Robin Marantz Henig

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Robin Marantz Henig is a freelance science writer, and contributor to the New York Times Magazine . Her articles have appeared in Scientific American , Seed , Discover and women's magazines. She writes book reviews and occasional essays for the Washington Post , as well as articles for The New York Times science section, op-ed page, and Book Review. [1]

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Henig won an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship [2] in 2001 writing about the life and legacy of Paul de Kruif. She won a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2009. [3]

Henig has written several science books, including covering the early days of in-vitro fertilization research and the controversy surrounding the world's first test-tube baby in Pandora's Baby, which won the Watson Davis & Helen Miles Davis Prize of the History of Science Society, the 2005 Science in Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers, [4] and the 2005 Outstanding Book (General Nonfiction) award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. [5] She has also won the Founders' Career Achievement Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. [6]

Henig attended Cornell University and earned a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. [7] Until recently,[ when? ] Henig lived in Takoma Park, Maryland.

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  4. ↑ "2005 Science in Society Awards | ScienceWriters (www.NASW.org)". www.nasw.org. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
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  6. ↑ "2009-04-24: American Society of Journalists and Authors 2009 Writing Awards". asja.org. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
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