Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn

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Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn (b. 1966) is an American author and journalist who covers science, health, and society. She is the author of The Empty Room, a memoir of the death of her older brother, Ted DeVita, who lived for eight years in a plastic bubble at the National Institute of Health Clinical Center before dying of a severe immune disorder at the age of 17. Her father is Dr. Vincent T. DeVita.

DeVita-Raeburn has a master's degree in public health from Columbia University. Her stories have appeared in The Washington Post, Self, Glamour, Health, Psychology Today and Harper's Bazaar, among many other publications. She lives in New York with her husband, writer Paul Raeburn and her son, Henry.

[edit] See also

• Ted DeVita
• Boy in the bubble
• David Vetter
• Paul Raeburn

[edit] External links

• DeVita-Raeburn home page

[edit] References

• DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. "The Empty Room: Surviving the Loss of a Brother or Sister at Any Age." Scribner, New York, 2004. ISBN 0-7432-0151-5.