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Maryn McKenna

Journalist-Author

Maryn McKenna is a journalist specializing in public health, global health and food policy, and the author of three books: BIG CHICKEN, SUPERBUG, and BEATING BACK THE DEVIL. She teaches science writing and storytelling at Emory University's Center for the Study of Human Health and collaborates with podcasters and filmmakers. Her stories appear in WIRED, Scientific American, The Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, Smithsonian, Mother Jones and lots of other places.

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