Rebecca skloot author biography
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Rebecca skloot author biography
Rebecca Skloot
American writer
Rebecca L. Skloot (born September 19, 1972) is an American science writer who specializes in science and medicine.[2] Her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010), was one of the best-selling new books of 2010, staying on The New York Times Bestseller list for over 6 years and eventually reaching #1.[3] It was adapted into a movie by George C.
Wolfe, which premiered on HBO on April 22, 2017, and starred Rose Byrne as Skloot, and Oprah Winfrey as Lacks's daughter Deborah.[4]
Early life and education
Rebecca was born in Springfield, Illinois.
She is the daughter of poet, novelist, and essayist Floyd Skloot[2] and Betsy McCarthy, a professional knitter and pattern book author. Skloot said, "in the Pacific Northwest, [her] roots [are] half New York Jew and half Midwestern Protestant."[5] She received her high school diploma from Metropolitan Learning Center in Portland, Oregon.