Greg Critser

Greg Critser is a writer about medicine, science, food and health. His work has appeared in periodicals ranging from the New York Times to the Times of London, and from Harper's to the New Yorker. He is the author of the best seller Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World (Houghton Mifflin 2003), and the award-winning Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Minds, Lives and Bodies (Houghton 2005). His most recent book, Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging, was published by Random House in January 2010. He has lectured widely at universities and medical schools, and his blog can be found at Scientificblogging.com. His next book, City Of Genius, about Silicon Valley, will be published by Random House in 2014.

Books

In 2003 Houghton Mifflin published Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World (ISBN 0-618-38060-4).

In 2006 Houghton Mifflin published Generation Rx: How prescription drugs are altering American lives, minds, and bodies (ISBN 0-618-39313-7) about the pharmaceutical industry and its interaction with the American public.

In January 2010 Random House published Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging.

In 2014, Random House will publish his City of Genius: Extreme Innovation, Extreme Ambition and Extreme Personalities in Silicon Valley

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