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Sonia Shah

Sonia Shah is an investigative science journalist, Guggenheim fellow, and author of critically acclaimed books including The Body Hunters, Pandemic, and The Next Great Migration, exploring topics like global health, drug testing, migrations, and humanity's relationship with nature.[3][5][6][7] Daughter of Indian immigrant physicians, she was born in New York in 1969, graduated from Oberlin College in 1990, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and elsewhere.[2][3][6] She has received awards such as Whiting Grants and fellowships from the Nation Institute and Puffin Foundation.[5][6]

New York, NY, USA Jan 1, 1969 Website
Science Journalism Investigative Journalism Nonfiction
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
1971
 The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients
The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients
2012
 The Body Hunters: Testings New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients
The Body Hunters: Testings New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients
2006
 The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
2010
 Crude: The Story Of Oil
Crude: The Story Of Oil
2005