Natalie Angier

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Natalie Angier (born February 16, 1958) is a nonfiction writer and a science journalist for the New York Times. Angier was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York. She studied physics and English at Barnard College, where she graduated with high honors in 1978.

From 1980 to 1984, Angier wrote about biology for Discover Magazine. She also worked as a science writer for Time Magazine, and earned a professorship in New York University's Graduate Program in Science and Environmental Reporting. In 1990, Angier joined the New York Times as a science writer. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 1991.

Angier lives in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Takoma Park, MD, with her husband, Washington Post science and medical reporter Rick Weiss, and their daughter. Angier is an outspoken atheist.

[edit] Awards

  • Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting, 1991.
  • Natural Obsessions named NYT Notable Book of the Year, 1988.
  • Natural Obsessions named AAAS Notable Book of the Year, 1988.
  • AAAS award for excellence in journalism.
  • Lewis Thomas Award for distinguished writing in the life sciences.
  • General Motors International award for writing about cancer.

[edit] Books

  • Natural Obsessions (1988)
  • The Beauty of the Beastly (1995)
  • Woman: an Intimate Geography (2000)

[edit] External links

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