Angela Saini
Science journalist and author
Angela Saini is a British science journalist and broadcaster who has written four books, including Superior.
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British Born 1980 in London, United Kingdom
Influenced by James Baldwin
About Angela Saini
Angela Saini is a British science journalist and broadcaster, born in 1980. She has presented radio and television documentaries for the BBC, and her articles have appeared in National Geographic, Wired and Foreign Policy. She holds a master's degree in engineering from the University of Oxford and has taught science writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her book Superior was a bestselling 2019 title and a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her 2023 book The Patriarchs reached the final round for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. In 2009 the Association of British Science Writers honored her as a young science writer in Europe, and in 2015 she received a Gold Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2023 she became an honorary fellow of Keble College, Oxford.