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“Science writing is often just about 'the facts.' Skloot's book is far deeper, braver, and more wonderful...Made my hair stand on end.”
—Lisa Margonelli, New York Times Book Review
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Quick: Get Free Copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (aka HeLa) – Limited Offer

Free giveaway: Copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Get um before they’re gone!


Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Skloot on the Cover of Publishers Weekly & Advance Praise for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Big week at Culture Dish: Skloot and “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” on the cover of Publishers Weekly; an excerpt published; early praise from Susan Orlean, Ted Conover, Eric Schlosser, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and others; and professors respond to The Immortal Life.


Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Skloot’s Tips for Successful Book Reviewing

Rebecca Skloot’s Tips for Successful Book Reviewing: “Strategies for Breaking in and Staying in: Getting started as a critic, building your reviewing portfolio, going national, and keeping editors happy.”


Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Documents for my ScienceOnline 09 Getting Published Talk

Skloot’s tips for breaking into publication and getting paid to write


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Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same.

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