My Work
A list of my fact-checking, editing, and writing projects, below.
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-Fact-checking for Radiolab podcast, including the recent “Small Potatoes,” “Cheating Death,” “Our Little Stupid Bodies,” “The Secret to a Long Life,” “Family People”
-Fact-checked the forthcoming book Party of One: Be Your Own Best Life Partner, by Meghan Keane and LA Johnson
-Fact-checked the forthcoming book The Inner Clock, by Lynne Peeples
-Fact-checked the book The Other Significant Others, by Rhaina Cohen
-Fact-checked the book Devoured, by Ayurella Horn-Muller
-Fact-checked the forthcoming book The Light Eaters, by Zoë Schlanger
-Fact-checked “Climate Activists Are Turning Their Attention to Hollywood,” by Kate Gammon for The Atlantic
-Fact-checked the book The Good Enough Job, by Simone Stolzoff
-Fact-checked the book Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus, by David Quammen
-Fact-checked “Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans,” by Judith Lewis Mernit, for The Atlantic
-Fact-checked the book Beloved Economies, by Jess Rimington and Joanna L. Cea
-Fact-checked “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention,” by J.B. MacKinnon, for The Atlantic
-Fact-checked “Life Is Tough for Teenage Parasites,” by Sabrina Imbler, for The Atlantic
-Fact-checked “A Group of Orca Outcasts Is Now Dominating an Entire Sea,” by Katharine Gammon, for The Atlantic
-Fact-checked “The Dolphin Myth That Refuses to Die,” by Sushma Subramanian, for The Atlantic
-Fact-checked select chapters of How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes, by Melinda Wenner Moyer
-Fact-checked the book Wild Souls, by Emma Marris
-Fact-checked the book Beloved Beasts, by Michelle Nijhuis
-Fact-checked essays in All We Can Save, an anthology edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson
-Fact-checked select material from Wes Moore and Erica L. Green’s book, Five Days
-Fact-checked Clean, by James Hamblin, M.D.
-Fact-checked select material from Lulu Miller’s debut book, Why Fish Don’t Exist
-Fact-checked select chapters of David Epstein’s #1 New York Times bestseller Range
-Fact-checked award-winning science writer David Quammen’s 2018 book, The Tangled Tree
-Proofread and Americanized Absolutely Everything!, a children’s guide to the history of, well, everything
-Author of the National Geographic Kids book Animal Smackdown
-Editor of Growth Curve, a Science News blog (read a post I penned on prenatal yoga here)
-Author of the National Geographic Kids series Real or Fake?, a collection of funky truths and tall tales that helps kids learn how to think critically
-Author of the National Geographic Kids series Myths Busted!, which uses a blend of science, logic, and fun to upend popular misperceptions
The Spiderwick Chronicles author Holly Black (left) presented me with my Children’s Choice Fifth/Sixth Grade Book of the Year Award
In 2014, Myths Busted! won the Children’s Choice Fifth/Sixth Grade Book of the Year Award!
-Author of the National Geographic Kids “Mad Libs”-style books Funny Fill-In: My Space Adventure, Funny Fill-In: My Dinosaur Adventure, and Funny Fill-In: My Ancient Egypt Adventure
-Project manager for National Geographic Kids Weird But True: Ripped from the Headlines 2
-Fact-checked David Quammen’s 2013 award-winning book, Spillover, and his 2014 book, Ebola
-Fact-checked select chapters of What Stands in a Storm, by Kim Cross
-Fact-checked select chapters of Turning Homeward, by Adrienne Ross Scanlan
-Edited weekly news stories and features and wrote teacher’s questions for Science News for Students
-Contributed 1,560 facts to the National Geographic Kids book 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) and helped edit its sequel
-Contributed content to the National Geographic Kids book My Weird But True Fact-A-Day Fun Journal
-Co-author of the National Geographic Kids book 125 Wacky Roadside Attractions
-Fact-checking for National Geographic magazine:
Wolfe, Nathan. “Small, Small World,” January 2013.
Contributed to Exploring History special issue
Mueller, Tom. “The Delicate Balance of Portugal’s Premier Park,” July 2011.
White, Mel. “Brimming Pools,” June 2011.
Koeppel, Dan. “Circling Alaska in 176 Days,” March 2011.
Stone, Gregory. “Phoenix Rising,” January 2011.
Prosek, James. “Mystery Travelers,” September 2010.
Morell, Virginia. “Build It {and they will come},” July 2010.
Funk, McKenzie. “Mountain Transformed,” May 2010.
Chadwick, Douglas. “Wolf Wars,” March 2010.
Prosek, James. “Beautiful Friendship,” January 2010.
Mann, Charles C. “Our Good Earth,” September 2008.
Appenzeller, Tim. “The Big Thaw,” June 2007.
Quammen, David. “Deadly Contact,” October 2007.
Zimmer, Carl. “A Fin is a Limb is a Wing,” November 2006.
Shreeve, James. “The Mind is What the Brain Does,” March 2005.
Quammen, David. “Was Darwin Wrong?” November 2004.
Appenzeller, Tim. “End of Cheap Oil,” June 2004.