Ellen Ruppel Shell
Ellen Ruppel Shell is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, and professor of science journalism.
Biography
Shell was born in Auburn, New York, United States. In 1974, Shell received a B.A. degree from the University of Rochester. Her work tends to focus on the intersection of science and society with a special emphasis on medical policy, and she also writes on the politics of science, science and the media, and environmental policy.Works
Shell is the author of four books:- A Child's Place: a year in the life of a day care center
- The Hungry Gene: the science of fat and the future of thin
- Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
- The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change
- ''Slippery Beast - A True Crime and Natural History, with Eels''