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Ann's last trade book about the workings of science - The Proteus Effect; Stem Cells and Their Promise for Medicine (Joseph Henry Press, National Academy of Sciences) - was a 2004 finalist for a L.A. Times Book Prize in the science/technology category. Between 2008 and 2010, she took a slight detour, writing three histories for three New England families: the Pickerings, the Lymans, and the Wigglesworths. When, in the course of her research, she came across one Mary Pickering Lyman Wigglesworth, she knew it was time to return to science. Two commissioned biographies of two outstanding engineers have followed: Mortimer Rogoff (2010) and Antonio Ferri (in progress).
She coauthored Decoding Darkness; The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer's Disease (2000) as well as Menopause (1996). From 1990 to 1998, she taught science writing in Boston University's graduate program in science journalism. Her articles have appeared in The San Diego Union-Tribune, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Harvard Health Letter, McCalls, Boston Review, the journal Cell, and many other publications. She is a member of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Assoc. of Science Writers (NASW), and its New England chapter, NESW, which she headed from 1995 to 1999. Her havens: Blue Hill (birthplace) and Brooklin, Maine. She currently hangs her bicycle helmet in South Dartmouth, MA. Favorite pastimes: Biking, mowing, travel & travel writing, and reading on a beach.
Ann B. Parson
508.984.1955
 Don't wait to take the first step in a direction you know will satisfy you. - astrological forecast by Eugenia Last
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