Jo Marchant
Science journalist and author
Jo Marchant is an English science journalist and author based in London. She wrote Cure, a 2016 New York Times bestseller on the science of mind over body.
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About Jo Marchant
Jo Marchant is a journalist and author who writes about science and history, and she trained as a scientist herself. She holds a doctorate in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London, as well as a master's degree in science communication from Imperial College London. Marchant has been an editor at both New Scientist and Nature. Her articles have been published in The Guardian and Smithsonian magazine, and she has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and CNN. Her books include Decoding the Heavens and The Shadow King. Cure explores the science of mind over body. It became a 2016 New York Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Royal Society science book prize.